Submitted by sector3011 t3_ylkflq in Futurology
EcoEchos t1_iv0uqt0 wrote
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In the Amazon alone, 80% of current destruction is driven by the cattle sector.
The rainforests are being cut down to feed the world meat.
Animal agriculture is also what is responsible for the mass extinctions of wildlife.
> “A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use,” said Joseph Poore, at the University of Oxford, UK, who led the research. “It is far bigger than cutting down on your flights or buying an electric car,” he said, as these only cut greenhouse gas emissions."
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