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Cattle, Cleared Forests, and Climate Change
Don AnairAmine MahmassaniJuly 2013 cattle , Cleared Forests, and Climate ChangeScoring America s Top Brands on Their Deforestation-Free Beef Commitments and Practices2union of concerned scientistsCover photo: CIFOR/Creative Commons (Flickr)Each year, tropical forests are destroyed to clear land that is ultimately used for beef production, making beef the largest driver of tropical deforestation globally. South America s forests are ground zero for beef-driven deforestation. Here, ranchers clear tropical forests and other ecosystems such as native grasslands and woodlands to create pastures, in the process releasing enormous amounts of heat-trapping gases, destroying the habitat of wildlife such as jaguars and sloths, and encroaching on the homes of vulnerable indige-nous peoples.
Cattle, Cleared Forests, and Climate Change. 3 Soy, the second largest driver of deforestation, also heavi-ly affects the South American landscape.
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