Green Carbon, Black Trade

Soy expansion in the Brazilian Amazon frontier A case study fromMato Grosso

Cuiabà

Brasilia

Sao Paulo

Matupá

Villa Rica

Sao José do Xingu

Confresa

Canabrava do Norte

Sao Felix do Araguaia

Serra Nova Dourada

Sinop

Bom Jesus do Araguaia

Querencia

Sorriso

Gaucha do Norte

Canarana

Agua Boa

Tangarà da Serra

Paranatinga

Diamantino

Santo Antonio do Leste

Biomes

Nova Xavantina

Nova Olimpia Nobres

Forest

Chapada do Guimaraes

Primavera do Leste

Barra do Bugres

Cerrado (savannah) Transition area Pantanal (swamp)

Cuiaba

Poxoréo

Barra do Garcas

Santo Antonio do Leveger

Infrastructure

Rondonópolis

National road Interstate road

Agriculture

Soy planted area

Indigenous area (protected by the Federal Constitution of Brazil)

Sources: IBGE and Mongabay, online databases accessed in 2010.

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