The Amazon Rainforest is the Lung Green Planet, home to indigenous tribes and many plant and animal species, but it has dangers that threaten the Amazon rainforest has been exploited for many years, timber harvesting, extraction rubber, but its operation had never reached current levels, and l soybean has become the factor of deforestation more importantly, Greenpeace draws McDonald's like one of those most responsible for deforestation resulting soybean, l-to-business Cargill, the global giant in the production of agricultural commodities is the main grower of soybeans in the Amazon, Cargill is among the leading companies in importing processing soybeans and soybean meal imports. what we are losing
Cargill supplies McDonald's soybeans used in feed for chickens and calves, this point has been demonstrated by Greenpeace in several reports, Although McDonald's claims that "the conservation of the rainforest is a top priority" and that they are 'committed' to the establishment and implementation of environmental practices 'responsible', Greenpeace has established the relationship between soy produced in the Amazon McDonald's , landowners in the Amazon states such as Mato Grosso, Pará, Amazonas and Rondonia, cleared areas of rainforest to plant soybeans, soybean is harvested and transported to nearby grain silos, there is loaded on rafts or trucks bound for the ports in southern and northern Brazil, for export to Europe ., "to maintain the current pace of agricultural expansion in 2050 will have eliminated 40% of the Amazon rainforest, including at least 2 / 3 of forest cover of 6 major watersheds and 12 ecoregions basins, Britaldo SoaresFilho Silveira, University de Minas Gerais.
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