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Published online 20 July 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040719-6
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Brazilian savannah 'will disappear by 2030'
Report raises alarm over destruction of grasslands.
Brazil's savannah is vanishing faster than its rainforests, according to a report from the environmental group Conservation International. Without drastic cuts in the amount of land cleared for agriculture, the report's authors say, the grasslands will be entirely wiped out by 2030.
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