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China and Europe's outsourcing of soy production impacts the Amazon
2014-08-14 21:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Soy consumption in China and Europe is having significant ecological impacts in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, finds a study published in Environmental Research Letters. The research, led by Michael Lathuillire from the University of British Columbia, used five footprint indicators - forests, land, carbon, water, and nutrients - to evaluate the environmental implications of Mato Grosso's soy production and exports during the 2000s. They found that the soy sector was associated with 65 percent...
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