Thursday, June 28, 2012

Meat deforestation

  • Should people eat less meat? Meat consumption isnt just something that impacts your health; its also played a huge role in problematic deforestation.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The chimpanzee population of equatorial Africa once numbered in the millions, but deforestation and other threats have peoples insatiable and ultimately unsustainable appetite for meat.
  • (FOX News)
  • MTDs, meat transmitted diseases the environmental hazards of deforestation, forest fire, drought and famine, the energy waste and myriad other effects of eating animals.
  • (Bay Area Indymedia)
  • The result is clear: JBS fails on every count. "The expansion of cattle ranching is the biggest driver of deforestation in the Amazon. As the biggest meat company in the world, JBS has a responsibility and the ability to lead the industry," Cotter said.
  • (Press Trust)
  • and logging are three of the leading drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. As commodity prices continue to rise, driven by surging demand for biofuels and grain for meat production, the economic incentives for developing the Amazon increase.
  • (News.Mongabay)
  • Deforestation and forest degradation account for up to 20 Many people depend directly on the forest for edible and medicinal plants; fish; meat; construction materials and water.
  • (Eco-business)
  • Despite the welcome reduction in deforestation in some parts of the world all in pursuit of satisfying an insatiable and ultimately unsustainable appetite for meat.
  • (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • Today, it produces 160 million and has become a leading exporter of sugar cane, meat, soybean and timber at the cost of large-scale Amazon deforestation. Today we know that we cannot produce the way we did 40 years ago.
  • (phys.org)

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