deforestation

A simulation study found that if meat substitutes were used to replace 20% of global beef consumption in the next 30 years, deforestation and the resulting carbon emissions could be halved. The relevant research results were published in nature on May 1. Beef cattle farming is the main driver of global deforestation, and these beef cattle are the main source of methane. Florian humpender, the corresponding author of the study and a sustainable development scientist at the Potsdam climate impact Institute in Germany, said that replacing beef with meat substitutes…