{"id":202953,"date":"2022-01-17T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=202953"},"modified":"2022-01-10T08:23:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T08:23:29","slug":"cattle-boom-in-brazils-acre-spells-doom-for-amazon-rainforest-activists-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/cattle-boom-in-brazils-acre-spells-doom-for-amazon-rainforest-activists-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Cattle Boom in Brazil\u2019s Acre Spells Doom for Amazon Rainforest, Activists Warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<div id=\"attachment_202954\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202954\" class=\"wp-image-202954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle-1024x472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle-1024x472.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-202954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The increase in cattle in Acre helps drive the state\u2019s economy, but activists say they\u2019re concerned it could lead to an increase in deforestation in the Amazon. In 2021, Acre recorded its highest deforestation rate in the 18 years.<br \/>Image courtesy of Dr. Eduardo Mitke\/Federal University of Acre<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Government data show the number of cattle in Acre, a state in the Brazilian Amazon, increased by 8.3% in 2020, putting the state\u2019s herd size at more than 3.8 million, or four times its human population.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The cattle industry is a key driver of Acre\u2019s economy, and aligns with the state\u2019s aims of promoting and expanding agricultural development within the region.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>However, activists say they\u2019re concerned the increase will lead to further environmental damage in the state, which this year recorded its highest deforestation rate in 18 years.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Experts say Acre\u2019s cattle growth is currently not sustainable and will lead to further deforestation in the Amazon unless sustainable solutions are encouraged and implemented.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>With about 80% of its forests still untouched, Acre is one of Brazil\u2019s least-deforested Amazonian states. Bordered by Peru on the west, it represents just 1.7% of Brazil\u2019s huge land mass but is of great ecological importance as it\u2019s mostly covered in both dense and open Amazon rainforest, home to giant anteaters, sloths, and harpy eagles, among hundreds of endemic species.<\/p>\n<p>But in the past three decades, the thriving cattle industry has become a major threat to Acre\u2019s forests, with livestock now outnumbering the state\u2019s human population by a factor of four.<\/p>\n<p>In 1990, Acre\u2019s human population was 400,000, with an almost identical number of cattle, according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). By 2020, the number of people had grown to nearly 900,000, while the number of cattle was a record high 3.8 million, IBGE data showed.<\/p>\n<p>The livestock population in 2020 marked an 8.3% increase from the year before, according to IBGE data, the highest increase in all the nine states that make up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibge.gov.br\/en\/geosciences\/environmental-information\/vegetation\/17927-legal-amazon.html?=&amp;t=o-que-e\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Brazilian Amazon<\/a>. The number of cattle within the region grew by 4.2%, while nationwide there was an overall increase of 1.5%.<\/p>\n<p>A report from the <a href=\"http:\/\/portal.mec.gov.br\/setec\/arquivos\/pdf\/indicad_ac.pdf\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Acre state government\u2019s data analysis foundation<\/a> says the \u201ceconomic potential of the state\u2019s natural resources is immeasurable\u201d in terms of timber, fruits and medicinal plants. Yet it\u2019s cattle that also plays a key part in Acre\u2019s economy. While wood products contributed 38.7% to the state\u2019s total exports in 2020, meat products were responsible for 28.3%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/agencia.ac.gov.br\/mesmo-com-a-pandemia-acre-apresenta-elevacao-no-volume-de-exportacoes-em-2020\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Acre government data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe economy in Acre is centered on agriculture, especially livestock,\u201d Dr. Eduardo Mitke, a veterinarian and professor of cattle farming at the Federal University of Acre, told Mongabay by phone. \u201cThere\u2019s little economic value in fruit, and the rubber industry is over. While corn and soya have been growing in Acre in the last two or three years, the strongest economic driver in the agribusiness sector is undoubtedly livestock.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_202959\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle2.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202959\" class=\"wp-image-202959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle2.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-202959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A look at changes in Acre\u2019s cattle numbers from 2010 to 2020. The data shows a mostly consistent increase in cattle, except for in 2011 and 2017 which both had less cattle than the year before. However, over the last ten years, there has been an overall increase by nearly 1.3 million individual cattle in the state. Data from the Association of Brazilian Geographers and IBGE.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_251557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<div id=\"attachment_202960\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle3.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202960\" class=\"wp-image-202960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-202960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chart shows the increase in cattle in 2019 to 2020 in the Legal Amazon, a region in Brazil that contains the country\u2019s nine states in the Amazon basin. It was created by the Brazilian federal law to promote economic and social development in the area. Between 2019 to 2020, the number of cattle in the region went up by 4.2%, with Acre having the highest increase between all the states. Data from IBGE.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The state capital, Rio Branco, has the highest number of cattle in Acre, with 14% of the population. The municipality of Sena Madureira is the second, with nearly 365,000 head of cattle. With 236 km\u00b2 (91 mi\u00b2) of forest loss in August 2021 (15% of the total recorded in the entire Amazon), Acre entered for the first time in third place in the ranking of states that most destroyed the Amazon last year, according to data from Brazilian conservation nonprofit Imazon. Only two municipalities, Sena Madureira and Feij\u00f3, <a href=\"https:\/\/imazon.org.br\/imprensa\/desmatamento-na-amazonia-chega-a-1-606-km2-em-agosto-maior-area-da-decada-no-mes\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">accounted for 40% of the state\u2019s deforestation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Several factors have fueled the growth of the cattle industry in Acre, including an increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/biblioteca.ibge.gov.br\/visualizacao\/periodicos\/84\/ppm_2020_v48_br_informativo.pdf\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">international demand for meat products<\/a>, especially from China, according to IBGE data. Dr. Mitke said productivity in the Brazilian cattle industry has also gone up by 150% in the last 30 years, allowing ranches to grow their herds. \u201cThere\u2019s a technological revolution. It\u2019s slow, but it\u2019s a revolution, nonetheless,\u201d he said. \u201cWith improved technology, we\u2019re able to increase the number of animals per hectare, which means we can put more cattle in the same sized area and provide a potential sustainable solution to having livestock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>R\u00f4mulo Batista, a Greenpeace Amazon campaigner, said another possible factor is the practice of land grabbing, where unscrupulous parties occupy and exploit public land and then claim it as private property. \u201cUnfortunately, it\u2019s increasingly common to have livestock in the Amazon as an attempt to validate land ownership,\u201d he told Mongabay by phone. \u201c[The people who take the land] put cattle on the land they took to say there\u2019s some type of farm production there in an attempt to legalize it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Less forest, more cattle<\/h3>\n<p>Activists have raised concerns about the link between the growing cattle industry and deforestation. \u201cOf all the area that has been deforested in the Brazilian Amazon that didn\u2019t later grow back as secondary vegetation, 90% of it is some type of pasture used for livestock nowadays,\u201d Batista said. \u201cWe\u2019re now seeing the destruction of the Amazon, a forest with the most biodiversity in the world, just to put two species there: grass and cattle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plataforma.brasil.mapbiomas.org\/?activeBaseMap=8&amp;layersOpacity=70&amp;activeModule=coverage&amp;activeModuleContent=coverage%3Acoverage_main&amp;activeYear=2020&amp;mapPosition=-9.134639%2C-70.307007%2C8&amp;timelineLimitsRange=1985%2C2020&amp;baseParams%5bterritoryType%5d=3&amp;baseParams%5bterritory%5d=9&amp;baseParams%5bterritories%5d=9%3BAcre%3B3%3BEstado%3B-11.145561467%3B-73.990449969%3B-7.111824379%3B-66.623594217&amp;baseParams%5bactiveClassTreeOptionValue%5d=deforestation_annual_by_class&amp;baseParams%5bactiveClassTreeNodeIds%5d=106%2C108%2C112%2C113%2C114%2C115%2C109%2C116%2C117%2C118%2C119%2C107%2C110%2C120%2C121%2C122%2C123%2C111%2C124%2C125%2C126%2C127&amp;baseParams%5bactiveSubmodule%5d=deforestation_annual&amp;baseParams%5bactiveClassesLevelsListItems%5d=1%2C7%2C8%2C9%2C10%2C11%2C12%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C16%2C17%2C26%2C29%2C30%2C31%2C32%2C27%2C33%2C34%2C35%2C18%2C19%2C20%2C21%2C22%2C23%2C24%2C28%2C6%2C3\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Data from Mapbiomas<\/a>, a network of NGOs, universities and tech firms that include Google, show that the loss of Acre\u2019s forests over the past 10 years is strongly correlated with the annual increase in land designated for cattle, suggesting a link between the two (see chart below). In 2020, 84,925 hectares (209,854 acres) was deforested in Acre; that same year, land designated for cattle and livestock in the state increased by an almost identical amount: 84,735 hectares (209,384 acres), Mapbiomas data showed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_202961\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle4.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202961\" class=\"wp-image-202961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle4.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-202961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The graph shows a steady decrease of forested areas compared to an increase in land designated for cattle over the last 30 years in Acre. Experts say unless cattle farming practices become more sustainable, deforestation will continue to cause damage to the Amazon. Data from Mapbiomas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Several studies indicate that the cattle industry is a major driver of deforestation, including <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/194008291300600309\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">a 2013 paper<\/a> that says \u201cin recent years, 48% of all tropical rainforest loss occurred in Brazil, where cattle ranching drives around three-quarters of forest clearing.\u201d In 2021, with its cattle population swelling, Acre recorded its <a href=\"http:\/\/terrabrasilis.dpi.inpe.br\/app\/dashboard\/deforestation\/biomes\/legal_amazon\/rates\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">highest deforestation rate in 18 years<\/a>, according to data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). In total, <a href=\"https:\/\/imazon.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/SAD_Setembro21.pdf\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">10% of forest area in Acre<\/a> has so far been cut down, according to data from Brazilian conservation nonprofit Imazon. \u201cAcre is not the most deforested state in the Amazon region,\u201d Batista said. \u201cBut it stands out because it\u2019s a new area of deforestation. Five, 10 years ago we were always talking about [the states of] Rond\u00f4nia, Mato Grosso and Par\u00e1. Now, we have our eye on Acre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agribusiness sector has justified clearing land to make way for agriculture as a positive development. \u201cDeforestation for us is a synonym of progress, no matter how shocking that is to people,\u201d Assuero Doca Veronez, the head of Acre\u2019s Agricultural Federation, said in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2020\/04\/for-brazilian-agribusiness-leaving-the-amazon-forested-is-a-problem\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">a 2020 interview<\/a>. At the time of the interview, he was referring to Amacro, a planned agribusiness zone in the border area between the states of Amazonas, Acre and Rond\u00f4nia. The initiative was renamed in late 2021 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2021\/11\/in-brazil-an-agribusiness-havens-green-pivot-leaves-many-skeptical\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Abun\u00e3-Madera Sustainable Development Area (ZDS)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2021\/11\/in-brazil-an-agribusiness-havens-green-pivot-leaves-many-skeptical\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">repositioned as a multisectoral and sustainable initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite reported changes to the project\u2019s core goals, Batista said he remains concerned about the impact of the ZDS project and the way \u201cdevelopment\u201d is managed in Acre. \u201cWithout proper planning, livestock and infrastructure cause both cultural and environmental destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Studies suggest it\u2019s possible to increase cattle production while relieving the pressure on the Amazon rainforest. \u201cThis paradigm of horizontal expansion of agriculture over ecosystems is outdated,\u201d a 2020 study says, referring to the traditional method of cattle ranching commonly used in Brazil, where small herds graze on vast expanses of land. The study suggests using a more intensive method that increases production sustainably by raising more cattle on smaller areas of land.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_202962\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle5.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202962\" class=\"wp-image-202962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/acre-amazon-brazil-deforestation-cattle5.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-202962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traditional cattle farming, where cattle are left free to graze on large expanses of land, is the predominant style of ranching in Acre as well as across Brazil. According to Dr. Eduardo Mitke, a veterinarian and professor of cattle farming at the Federal University of Acre, it\u2019s an inefficient method that requires more land to be cleared to accommodate larger herds.<br \/>Image courtesy of Dr. Eduardo Mitke\/Federal University of Acre.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Mitke said it\u2019s \u201ceconomically, environmentally and technically viable to have cattle in Acre while conserving the Amazon\u201d if done in the right way. He added there\u2019s even opportunity to reforest deforested areas while increasing cattle production.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said the current trend of cattle growth in Acre isn\u2019t sustainable, and farmers lack technical assistance and sustainable farming know-how. \u201cThe farmer [in Acre] doesn\u2019t know how to expand without deforesting. We need to show them other farming alternatives that don\u2019t harm the environment,\u201d Dr. Mitke said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the slightest need to deforest any more. And if we don\u2019t farm in the right way, we will undoubtedly end up destroying the Amazon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walker,\u00a0N.\u00a0F., Patel,\u00a0S.\u00a0A., &amp; Kalif,\u00a0K.\u00a0A. (2013). From Amazon pasture to the high street: Deforestation and the Brazilian cattle product supply chain.\u00a0<em>Tropical Conservation Science<\/em>,\u00a0<em>6<\/em>(3), 446-467. doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/194008291300600309\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">10.1177\/194008291300600309<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stabile,\u00a0M.\u00a0C., Guimar\u00e3es,\u00a0A.\u00a0L., Silva,\u00a0D.\u00a0S., Ribeiro,\u00a0V., Macedo,\u00a0M.\u00a0N., Coe,\u00a0M.\u00a0T., \u2026 Alencar,\u00a0A. (2020). Solving Brazil\u2019s land use puzzle: Increasing production and slowing Amazon deforestation.\u00a0<em>Land Use Policy<\/em>,\u00a0<em>91<\/em>, 104362. doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.landusepol.2019.104362\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">10.1016\/j.landusepol.2019.104362<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sarah-Brown.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-202957 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sarah-Brown-e1641802213563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a>Sarah Brown is a freelance journalist with a passion for the environment, sustainability and travel. Her work has been featured in the <\/em>Evening Standard, Atlas Obscura, World Travel Magazine<em>, among others.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/01\/cattle-boom-in-brazils-acre-spells-doom-for-amazon-rainforest-activists-warn\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; mongabay.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 Jan 2022 &#8211; With about 80% of its forests still untouched, Acre is one of Brazil\u2019s least-deforested Amazonian states. But in the past three decades, the thriving cattle industry has become a major threat to Acre\u2019s forests, with livestock now outnumbering the state\u2019s human population by a factor of four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":202954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[2302,536,547,1690,794,519,401,391,1200],"class_list":["post-202953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","tag-amazon","tag-amazonia","tag-brazil","tag-cattle-and-ranch-farmers","tag-deforestation","tag-ecology","tag-environment","tag-nature","tag-natures-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}