Brazil's Development Dilemma

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Drivers pass through deforested land along federal highway BR-222 on June 9, 2012 in Para state, Brazil. Highway construction through Amazonian rainforest has led to accelerated rates of deforestation. Around 20 percent of the rainforest has already been destroyed.

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