Brazilian hunger for meat fattened on soy is deforesting the Cerrado: report

Mongabay
Jan 16, 2019, 3:39 pm176 pts
The Cerrado is marked by vast plains and rugged uplands, as seen here in Maranhão state. But much of the biome’s native vegetation is being converted to soy plantation, with a good deal of that soy going to feed Brazil’s domestic livestock industry. Image courtesy of Global Canopy. A recent report by…

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