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Eight founding members of the Innovative Finance for the Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco (IFACC) initiative announced a commitment worth $3 billion – with
1 Shares Soy may have a pretty innocuous reputation thanks to its association with vegan food and meat alternatives. But don’t be fooled – crops of this pale legume are behind much of Brazil’s epidemic of deforestation. Since 2000, Brazil has doubled its total area of soy plantation to 36 million hectares and become the world’s largest producer. This expansion has erased vast swathes of forest and other habitats in some of the country’s most biodiverse regions. About 75% of the soy produced globally is used as animal feed, and a large proportion of soy imported to Europe goes to...
Soy may have a pretty innocuous reputation thanks to its association with vegan food and meat alternatives. But don’t be fooled – crops of this pale legume are behind much of Brazil’s epidemic of deforestation. Since 2000, Brazil has doubled its total area of soy plantation to 36 million hectares and become the world’s largest producer. This expansion has erased vast swathes of forest and other habitats in some of the country’s most biodiverse regions. About 75% of the soy produced globally is used as animal feed, and a large proportion of soy imported to Europe goes to chicken and ...
Demand for meat driving deforestation in Brazil By The Cerrado features tropical savanna replete with wildlife. Photo by Angela Guerrero/The Conversation Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Soy may have a pretty innocuous reputation thanks to its association with vegan food and meat alternatives. But don't be fooled -- crops of this pale legume are behind much of Brazil's epidemic of deforestation. Since 2000, Brazil has doubled its total area of soy plantation to 36 million hectares and become the world's largest producer. This expansion has erased vast swathes of forest and other habitats in some of the coun...