Agricultural expansion typically involves clearing forests to create new croplands, but this approach may be self-defeating. We demonstrate that Amazon deforestation substantially reduces crop productivity in Brazil’s established agricultural…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
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