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Environment & Climate

Indigenous territory maintains ecological stability amid agricultural expansion in the Brazilian savanna

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Indigenous territory maintains ecological stability amid agricultural expansion in the Brazilian savanna

"An island of biodiversity in a sea of monoculture": This is how a recent study characterized the Pimentel Barbosa Indigenous Territory (TIPB), located in the northeastern part of Mato Grosso state in Brazil's Central-West region. The study showed that the area's human occupation patterns and vegetation cover have remained largely unchanged for four decades. Meanwhile, the surrounding area has been altered by the expansion of livestock ranching, soybean farming and the construction of major high

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