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Cattle and Soy For Livestock Are Destroying Rainforests


Why cattle ranching is the biggest deforestation driver in the Amazon

This advance through the native forest has been driven, primarily, by cattle ranching. In 2021, these livestock operations alone accounted ...

Soy and Deforestation: The Truth | Animal Equality UK

Soy is a key contributor to the forest loss, not for plant-based ... destructive animal agriculture industry and feed the billions of animals ...

How deforestation for animal agriculture threatens our forests

Pasture expansion to meet the demand for beef, as well as for the production of animal feed crops, such as soy and corn, are the main drivers of ...

To save rainforests, grow more soybeans on less land

Agricultural intensification that uses land more efficiently could increase Brazilian soybean yields by 36%, significantly boost farmers' income.

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

Cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon has been identified as the primary cause of deforestation, [4] accounting for about 80% of all deforestation in the ...

GM soy imports destroying rainforests - GMWatch

*Huge swathes of rainforest are being destroyed every year to grow animal feed for British factory farms, according to new research. More than ...

'Dining on deforestation': Irish meat and dairy may be linked to ...

Soybeans, used in livestock feed in Ireland, were shipped by companies with links to destruction of endangered habitats in South America.

The Impact of Deforestation on the Amazon Rainforest

Over 200 million head of cattle occupy about 80% of the deforested land in the Amazon. Soybean farming makes up 7% of Amazon deforestation.

Increasing Food Production Without Deforestation - AGRIVI

Soy is another crop closely linked with forest destruction, especially in tropical South America. Soy is intertwined with the impact of beef on ...

Soya and the environment: what you need to know - Greenpeace UK

Soya used by the meat and dairy industry for animal feed is causing forest and natural habitat destruction and driving climate change.

Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest: causes, effects, solutions

Agriculture: Cattle ranches and soybean production are the largest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon. Soybeans are in high demand globally, ...

Forests play a vital role in the world's carbon cycle but human ...

That's over 1 billion acres of forest cleared to make way for strip mines, cattle grazing, and industrial sprawl. And, out of all the industries ...

Forests and Forest Risk Commodities - Friends of the Earth

Seven forest risk commodities caused 58% of the world's agricultural deforestation between 2001 and 2015: beef, soy, cocoa, coffee, rubber, palm oil and wood ...

How livestock grazing is preventing the return of rainforests to the ...

Many believe this but unfortunately it isn't quite true. For one thing, livestock production in the UK and Ireland is still linked to ...

Animal Agriculture Is Destroying the Rainforests - peta2

Humans destroy millions of acres of rainforest every year, robbing countless animals of their homes and worsening carbon dioxide pollution ...

The role of pasture and soybean in deforestation of the Brazilian ...

Most recent analyses suggest that deforestation is driven by the expansion of cattle ranching, rather than soy. Soy seems to be replacing ...

Changing Fortunes - CDP

Globally, cattle and soy production are destroying crucial biomes in South America like tropical rainforests in the. Amazon, savannas in the Cerrado and dry ...

Companies | Deforestation Free Funds

The company's sourcing from Marfrig, one of the main beef producers linked to the destruction in the Amazon, has specifically come under scrutiny. In 2016, an ...

Livestock: the hidden catalyst of climate change - Technique

Eighty percent of rainforests in Brazil are being destroyed for cattle grazing, and if we took the grain that we're feeding to animals and ...

Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon

Cattle ranching enterprises now occupy nearly 75 percent of the deforested areas of Amazonia. Agriculture does not compete with cattle ranching in the forest ...