Anthropologist studies the culture of cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon
Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 16:50
in Earth & Climate
With more and more rainforest giving way to pasture and grazing land every year, the practice of cattle ranching in the Amazon has serious implications on a global scale. At the same time, however, it provides a degree of socioeconomic flexibility for Amazonian smallholders who simply can't survive on what the forest or agriculture provide.
