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The thing that absolutely kills me about the Amazon is that we're razing the most biodiverse place on earth for the sake of freaking COWS: the planet's most abundant large mammal (after humans), and one you can farm *literally anywhere.* washingtonpost.com/business/2019/…
One jaw-dropping fact I learned in reporting this piece: the efficiency of Brazilian cattle operations is so poor that they could easily triple their cattle production, meeting demand for the foreseeable future, without cutting down a single tree. washingtonpost.com/business/2019/…
Another big factor: American investment firms have sunk billions into some of the worst actors in the Brazilian meatpacking industry. Those investors have been richly rewarded, as some Brazilian beef stocks have tripled in value since Bolsonaro's election. washingtonpost.com/business/2019/…
