Recently inaugurated Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pledged to halt the destruction of the Amazon rainforest without harming the agricultural industry there, which historically has been a main driver of deforestation. For hints of how he might do that, Michael Fox reports from the Brazilian state of Pará on small, diversified family farms.
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