"The most biologically and culturally diverse place on the planet is under massive attack right now. The itself could be gone in a matter of the next 10 years. Unfortunately, one of the biggest causes of deforestation—definitely in the Brazilian Amazon—is agribusiness. Cattle, cattle grazing, and soy production in particular. People who were standing up against the lobbyists and the interests, the special interests, the cattle industry, the agribusiness industry, what was happening to them? A lot of people who were speaking out got killed. There’s people who were putting themselves out there and saying cattle ranching is destroying the Amazon. A lot of people will speak up, but a lot of people just keep their mouths shut because they don’t wanna be the next one with the bullet to their head."
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