Jure Repinc@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoMore than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demandwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkMore than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demandwww.theguardian.comJure Repinc@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareLinnce@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.
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.