Elegant paper showing commodity imports in wealthy countries driving forest loss and species loss in tropical countries.
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Patrick Waeber
Outsourcing #Deforestation is outsourcing #Extinction.
Wealthy nations drive #BiodiversityLoss elsewhere. Thirteen percent of global habitat loss for forest-dependent vertebrates is linked to consumption in richer countries. The cost of cheap food is vanishing wildlife.
#Beef #PalmOil #Soybean
Wealthy nations drive #BiodiversityLoss elsewhere. Thirteen percent of global habitat loss for forest-dependent vertebrates is linked to consumption in richer countries. The cost of cheap food is vanishing wildlife.
#Beef #PalmOil #Soybean
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