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26,000
24,000
22,000
20,000
18,000
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8000
6000
1982/
83
1987/
88
1992/
93
1997/
98
2002/
03
2007/
08
2011/
12
Crop year
Fig. 21.1.
Soybean expansion rates in the Cerrados (1982-2012). (From Conab, 2013.)
450,000
300,000
400,000
250,000
350,000
300,000
200,000
250,000
150,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
100,000
50,000
50,000
0
1999
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Soybean production (Mg)
Soybean area (ha)
Fig. 21.2.
Soybean expansion in the La Pampa province, Argentina. (From Gobierno de La Pampa, 2009,
p.
135.)
Atlantic Forest
centuries was concentrated in the Atlantic
Rainforest biome, in addition to the South-
ern Grasslands, with the Cerrado coming
into play in the 1970s for cattle grazing
The main agricultural, urban and industrial
development in the 19th and early 20th
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