Bibles, Bullets and Beef: Amazon Cowboy Culture at Odds With Brazil’s Climate Goals
Yellowstone in Montana may have the most romanticised cowboy culture in the world thanks to the TV drama series of the same name starring Kevin Costner. But the true home of the 21st-century cowboy is about 7,500 miles south, in what used to be the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, where the reality of raising cattle and producing beef is better characterised by depression, market pressure and vexed efforts to prevent the destruction of the land and its people.
Photo courtesy of Marek Szturc.
Source: The Guardian (link opens in a new window)
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