The Wageningen University and Research Centre similarly reports that, “Agriculture is estimated to be the direct driver for around 80% of deforestation worldwide.”
In Latin America, especially in rainforest areas that are home to thousands of plant and animal species, commercial agriculture has clear cut about two-thirds of forest. Similarly, agriculture is responsible for deforestation in tropical Asia, as well as Africa.
Some organizations attempt to focus the decline of forests squarely on urban expansion, claiming there’s nothing that can be done about deforestation, unless the human population sees an immediate decrease–this addresses one a tiny fraction of the problem!
The truth is, we’re not just destroying the forests in virtue of existing and taking up space for living, we’re destroying them due to specific, non-necessary habits found in the normalized Western diet and lifestyle.
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/this-is-how-animal-agriculture-causes-deforestation/
I'm not advocating for a meat free world, just the culling of fast food restaurants, fast food chains make up the biggest clients of factory farmers.
Less fast food>less animals producing greenhouse gas>less lands needed for them to graze on>less deforestation/water consumption
+less air pollution, less miles driven by trucks transporting Mcdonalds meat/less garbage and plastic/etc
