Cattle occupied 79.5% of land already in use in the Brazilian Legal Amazon in 2006
"A Greenpeace survey based on Brazilian government data shows that in 2006 cattle occupied 79.5% of the land already in use in the Brazilian Legal Amazon (excluding the state of Maranhão)"
"Amazon Cattle Footprint: Mato Grosso: State of Destruction," Greenpeace Brazil, World Social Forum in Belém, January 29, 2009, page 3, Accessed February 19, 2014, http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Global/usa/report/2009/1/amazon-cattle-foo...