We are in the very late stages of an absolute catastrophic collapse of global biodiversity. More than 80 percent of the land footprint of humanity is land used for animal agriculture. The land footprint of animal agriculture, when you count feed crops, permanent pastures and temporary grazing on pasture is 45 percent of Earth’s land area. And you can see that the demand for meat and dairy foods is not going down, it’s going up faster than population growth. Therefore, the only way you can expand production is by deforestation, and 95 percent of the deforestation in the Amazon is clearing of land for animal agriculture.

Source: Washington Post July 16, 2021 09:56 UTC