Name: Europe's hunger for meat is fueling fires in the Amazon region
Uploaded: 2015-03-26
Channel: AFP
Description: The severe forest fires in the Amazon region also have their roots indirectly in Europe. The global hunger for beef and soy from Brazil is one of the main reasons for the destruction of the rainforest. Slash-and-burn farming often creates space for agricultural land.

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The severe forest fires in the Amazon region also have their roots indirectly in Europe. The global hunger for beef and soy from Brazil is one of the main reasons for the destruction of the rainforest. Slash-and-burn farming often creates space for agricultural land.

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farming Brazil cattle meat production soy deforestation agriculture Britain France fires in jungle

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