
How U.S. Imports of Agricultural Commodities Contribute to Deforestation and Why it Matters
The world is losing an area of forest the size of Virginia every year. Nearly half of this deforestation is due to the illegal conversion of forests to pasture and cropland. And around a third of agricultural products grown or raised on deforested land, such as cattle, palm oil, and soybeans, enter global supply chains. […]
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