• Linnce@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Amazon lost about 44 million hectares to agriculture in 35 years, 86.3% of which became pasture and 13.6% were used for agriculture.

    Source in portuguese

    That’s almost the size of Sweden. We really should get used to eating less meat. The worst part is it has to be a global change since most of the meat is exported and that’s where they get the most profit.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not saying they magically fell over. To fell a tree simply means to cut it down. You are making it fall.