More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demandwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: green@lemmy.mlnewsworldnews@lemmy.ml Jure Repinc ( @JRepin@lemmy.ml ) World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years ago message-square2fedilinkarrow-up115
arrow-up115external-linkMore than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demandwww.theguardian.com Jure Repinc ( @JRepin@lemmy.ml ) World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years ago message-square2fedilinkcross-posted to: green@lemmy.mlnewsworldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-square Linnce ( @Linnce@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years ago Amazon lost about 44 million hectares to agriculture in 35 years, 86.3% of which became pasture and 13.6% were used for agriculture. Source in portuguese That’s almost the size of Sweden. We really should get used to eating less meat. The worst part is it has to be a global change since most of the meat is exported and that’s where they get the most profit.
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That’s almost the size of Sweden. We really should get used to eating less meat. The worst part is it has to be a global change since most of the meat is exported and that’s where they get the most profit.