Fazenda Monalisa in Imperatriz, Maranhão State, northeastern Brazil, practises sustainable livestock husbandry, grazing the cattle on natural pastures and promoting natural regeneration of the vegetation in a silvopastoral system. Credit: Rogério Mauricio / Brazilian Centre for Sustainable Livestock (CBPS).
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