Will intensifying pasture management in Latin America protect forests - or is it the other way round?

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This chapter briefly reviews the literature regarding the link between cattle and deforestation and situates improved pasture technology within the realm of intensive livestock technologies, and discusses whether and how intensifying pasture management might affect deforestation. It provides empirical results from three research sites (Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru), which can be compared with the adoption and effects of one particular intensive technology: improved feeding systems for small-scale farmer milk and beef production.

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