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Beef eating away forests

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Emily Sherwin
June 30, 2017

Beef is the main driving force behind tropical deforestation — and soy, which is in most animal feed, is the second biggest factor. More than half of Brazil's cerrado has already disappeared due to large-scale soy farming. What can be done to stop the devastation?

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