Harvesting machines in operation during the opening ceremony of the Grain Harvest in Caseara, Brazil February 15, 2018. Picture taken February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
CAMPOS LINDOS, Brazil (Reuters) - When farmer Julimar Pansera purchased land in Brazil's interior seven years ago, it was blanketed in tiers of fruit trees, twisted shrubs and the occasional palm standing tall in a thicket of undergrowth.
He mowed down most of that vegetation, set it ablaze and started planting soybeans. Over the past decade, he and others in the region have deforested an area larger than South Korea.
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