The beef produced by these cattle is almost exclusively for export purposes. Gray (2000) found that "only 3 out of 100 cattle ranchers in Brazil make any profit from ranching" (p.17). If this is the case, it causes one to wonder why these people would continue to destroy their forest in favor of cattle ranching. According to the World Rainforest Movement: Under Brazilian law, anyone who clears an area of forest can lay claim to the land. Cattle permit large amounts of land and the mineral rights below it to be claimed with minimal labor. It is thus no coincidence that those areas where clearance is most vigorous are frequently closest gold strikes. It is this quest for quick (and easy) profits, rather than a hunger for beef, that provides the key to much of the deforestation in Brazil. Indeed, at least half of the largest ranches in Brazilian Amazonian have never even sent a cow to market. How does this violate APA 7th edition?

The beef produced by these cattle is almost exclusively for export purposes. Gray (2000) found that \"only 3 out of 100 cattle ranchers in Brazil make any profit from ranching\" (p.17). If this is the case, it causes one to wonder why these people would continue to destroy their forest in favor of cattle ranching. According to the World Rainforest Movement: Under Brazilian law, anyone who clears an area of forest can lay claim to the land. Cattle permit large amounts of land and the mineral rights below it to be claimed with minimal labor. It is thus no coincidence that those areas where clearance is most vigorous are frequently closest gold strikes. It is this quest for quick (and easy) profits, rather than a hunger for beef, that provides the key to much of the deforestation in Brazil. Indeed, at least half of the largest ranches in Brazilian Amazonian have never even sent a cow to market