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.
Real Solutions, Mapped from the Ground Up
GFC members and allies are helping to build a new gender-just map of community-led solutions for forests, people and the planet. What does a real solution to the climate and biodiversity crises look like? It might be an agroecological farming system rooted in...
