For example. In the state of Rondonia. Brazil the World Bank lent nearly half a billion dollars for the "Polonoroeste Project" for road construction and the promotion of largescale agricultural settlements. During the last 4 years. a half million people have poured into this area to farm these deforested lands. But the tropical soils are not suitable for most kinds of agriculture so. unable to sustain themselves. many of these migrants are forced to leave the land after a few short and unsuccessful years. Currently Rondonia has the highest rate of deforestation In the Brazilian Amazon. If these trends continue.
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