Indonesian palm oil, Brazilian beef top contributors to U.S. deforestation exposure

Mongabay
May 7, 2024, 11:45 am197 pts
If you’re in the United States, your meal might come with a side of deforestation. The US imported palm oil, cattle products, soybeans, cocoa, rubber, coffee and corn linked to an estimated 122,800 hectares (303,445 acres) of tropical deforestation between October 2021 and November 2023 — an area the size…

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