This report, entitled ‘What’s at Steak? The Real Cost of Meat’ published by the Global Forest Coalition in December 2016, emphasises the negative impact of industrial livestock production on forests, using five detailed case studies, in Bolivia (link is external), Brazil (link is external), India (link is external), Paraguay (link is external), and Russia (link is external). In South America, for example, the report states that 71% of deforestation in the region has been driven by demand for livestock products.
International Women’s Day: Gender Justice and Feminist Emancipation Are Fundamental to Protect Forests
Photos by: Kapyanga Women Association and Zamsof Across forests, territories and rural communities in the Global South, women, in all their diversity, are sustaining life. They cultivate food, protect seeds, defend forests, and pass on ancestral knowledge that keeps...
