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...