As a result, in the early 1990s an estimated 60 percent of agricultural land was polluted by fertilizers and pesticides, two-thirds of rivers were polluted, and two-thirds of primary forests had been leveled.
As a consequence, during the early 1990s, it was estimated that 60% of agricultural land was tainted with fertilizers and pesticides, two-thirds of rivers were contaminated, and two-thirds of primary forests had been destroyed.