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.
Brazil’s GE eucalyptus boom shows how land-based geoengineering—marketed as climate mitigation—reproduces colonial, ecological, and social harms
By Natalie McClure, Isaac Millians and Amy Guzman. Undergraduate Researchers at Gibson Climate Justice Lab, University of Southern California Brazil's Expanding "Green Deserts" Picture a desert: hot, dry, and teeming with drought-resistant life. Now, think about what...