Guide vegan :
http://prisedeconscience.wordpress.com/guide-du-debutant-vegan/
Vivre sans huile de palme :
http://vivresanshuiledepalme.blogspot.com/
Huile de palme bio, ce n'est pas mieux :
http://avenuecolombie.wordpress.com/
Je précise que le soja bio du tofu, des préparations végétales n'est pas issue de la déforestation au Brésil mais est cultivé dans le sud de la France.
Partie 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acqcPPxw3PU&feature=related
Text in french, spain, portuguese : http://www.almathefilm.com/
One of the most significant things we can do today to reduce our global carbon footprint is cut our consumption of meat, leather and dairy products.
According to the report "Livestock's Long Shadow" published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, livestock generates 18% of our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As such, livestock is a frontline contributor to environmental degradation worldwide. It is heavily responsible for air and water pollution, deforestation, land degradation, loss of biodiversity and climate changes. The greenhouse gas emissions from beef production are particularly high: eating one kilogram of beef roughly equals the GHG emissions of flying 100 kilometres by jet, per passenger.
The driving force behind the destruction of the Amazon rainforest is the expansion of grazing land for cattle. Between 2000 and 2007, the Brazilian Amazon was deforested at an average rate of 20 000 km2 per year. A Greenpeace survey based on Brazilian governmental data, shows that cattle grazing is responsible for 80% of Brazilian Amazon deforestation; whilst agriculture, mining and infrastructures are responsible for most of the remaining 20%.
With more than 191 million cows, Brazil has the largest commercial cattle herd in the world. It has been the world's largest beef exporter since 2003. The main consumers of Brazilian beef are: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Chile, the United States, Russia and another 120 countries. Total Brazilian slaughter is estimated at around 38 million cows per year, more than 100 000 cows a day, hence producing the same number of hides.
Brazil is now the leading world producer and exporter in raw leather hides. The main importers are China and Italy, but also the United States, Hong- Kong, Germany, Vietnam, Mexico, Korea, Indonesia, the Netherlands and Thailand. Cheap labour in developing countries allows for high profits to be made when transforming hides into products such as shoes, boots, bags, jackets, sofas, car seats etc... and then selling them at a high price in rich countries.
After cattle, soybean agriculture is the main driver of the Amazon destruction. Brazil is now the world's second largest soybean producer (the United States being first), thus providing more than 30 percent of the world's soybean. The main importers of Brazilian soy are China, the European Union, Japan and Mexico. This soy is essentially used for livestock feed because it is rich in protein. Chickens, pigs, cows and farmed fish in Europe and China are fed Amazon Brazilian soy.
International demand for hardwood and wood products also plays a large role in forest destruction. According to WWF, 80% of logging in the Amazon violates governmental control. Widespread corruption has become an intricate part of illegal logging with abundant reports of violence along the supply chain.
Greed and consumerism are transforming the Amazon into a sad and deadly place. Not only is the forest being wiped out, in it's place are cows by the millions, destined for slaughter. Ever larger soybean fields are being planted, so that ever more animals around the world can be fed and slaughtered for our consumption.
Tropical forests are very important to climate regulation processes and carbon sequestration, so it is imperative for our survival and the survival of all life on earth, to leave the forests in peace.
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