From chocolate to soybeans, tropical forests were illegally cleared to make way for everyday foods

From chocolate to soybeans, tropical forests were illegally cleared to make way for everyday foods
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Last Updated: May 20, 2021, 08:19 AM IST
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Carbon emitted from illegal forest clearing for agriculture accounted for at least 41% of all emissions from tropical deforestation from 2013 and 2019.
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BOGOTA: Nearly 70% of tropical forests cleared for cattle ranching and crops such as soybeans and palm oil were deforested illegally between 2013 and 2019, a study showed on Tuesday, warning of the impact on global efforts to fight climate change.
Illegal clearance for commercial agriculture was behind the loss of 4.5 million hectares of forest - an area the size of Denmark - on average each year in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa, said the report by U.S.-based nonprofit Forest Trends.

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