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In Brazil, vast wild areas have been converted into farms, producing a major protein-packed cash crop but also endangering wildlife.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published September 9, 2018
Data acquired September 1, 2018

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