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  "path": "/news/25022026/grasslands-wetlands-gobbled-up-by-agriculture-livestock/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-25T10:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Justice & Health",
    "Agriculture",
    "Argentina",
    "Brazil",
    "China",
    "Crops",
    "Deforestation",
    "farming",
    "Farms",
    "grasslands",
    "grazing",
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    "Soybeans",
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  "textContent": "Agriculture is widely known to be the biggest driver of forest destruction globally, especially in sprawling, high-profile ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest. But new research published this week finds that non-forest ecosystems—the world’s grasslands, savannas and wetlands—are being devoured for agriculture at nearly four times the rate as forests. As with forests, the primary driver […]",
  "title": "Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock"
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