Slaughterhouses and Roads in Mato Grosso

January 29, 2009

This map shows how the main roads that were opened up in the 1970s link with extensive networks of unofficial roads (not shown on official charts), and how this has led to cattle ranching expanding into remote areas hundreds of kilometres from slaughterhouses.

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