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Amazon clearance for agriculture is 'economic own goal' for Brazil

2013-05-10 07:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Brazil is at risk of scoring an economic own goal if it continues clearing Amazon forest for herding and soya production, according to a new study that has potential implications for global food security. In recent decades, the conversion of vast tracts of the Amazon into pastures and farm fields has boosted the national economy and played a major role in meeting rising world demand for beef and grain, particularly soyabeans for which Brazil overtook the US this year as the number one supplier....

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