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.
Decarbonisation or Dispossession? Industrial-Scale Biomass in Latin America and Its Impacts
[portugues abajxo] As COP30 convenes in Brazil, governments and corporations are spotlighting biomass as a key part of the “green transition,” promoting it under national decarbonisation and bioeconomy agendas. The Belem X4 pledge, for example, aims to quadruple...