Mongabay: Industrial soy expansion in the Brazilian Amazon has contributed to deforestation by pushing cattle ranchers further north into rainforest zones, reports a new study published the journal Environmental Research Letters. The research, which looked at soy and cattle dynamics in the southern Amazon stats of Mato Grosso and Par&aacte;, supports the claim that soy is an important indirect driver of deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest. The authors — including Elizabeth …