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53. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rainforest

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Why Are We Raising Cattle in the Amazon?

There are 75 million cattle in the amazon, but it's really not that grade place to raise cattle. That's also far away from places where people want to eat beef. We're converting a 300 ton forest for a weak cattle pasture that will give you maybe 30, 50 kilo of beef a year. Is one of the worst trade offs, i think, in the world.

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