EU beef, soy demand adds to Amazon destruction, says study

A report by the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research published on 4 April 2012 says that EU demand for Brazilian beef and soy is contributing to deforestation of the Amazon and rising CO2 emissions.

A total of 2.7 billion tonnes of CO2, or 30% of the carbon emissions associated with deforestation in the last decade, was exported from Brazil. Of this, 29% were due to soybean production and 71% due to cattle ranching, said the study, which was funded by the Norwegian Research Council.

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C.I.C.E.R.O: Trade a driver of Brazilian deforestation http://www.cicero.uio.no/webnews/index_e.aspx?id=11886

Iop Science, 04.04.13: Attribution of CO2 emissions from Brazilian deforestation to consumers between 1990 and 2010 http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/8/2/024005/article

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