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Brazil soya and beef exports driving 30% of deforestation emissions

2013-04-19 04:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RTCC: Beef and soya products from Brazil accounted for a third of carbon emissions associated with deforestation between 1990-2010, scientists say. They warn that the UN`s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) initiative and bilateral programmes aimed at preserving the Amazon could be helpless in the face of rising demand for two of the country`s major exports. The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, calls for a greater focus on the role international...

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