Thread by @AgathoniaMedia

"We found that in total 83% of total regional species loss (4747 species) is incurred due to land use devoted for domestic consumption whereas 17% due to export production (a total of 969 species)."

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"Fig. 1c shows that imports into the USA&China embody highest species lost. It is interesting to see that even countries with smaller populations such as Japan, Germany, South Korea,...—all cause high biodiversity loss abroad owing to their high per capita consumption and import"

".... For example, total German food consumption was estimated to result in 46 species lost, of which 43 are from imported food items."

"... Existing carbon #footprint labeling schemes should be extended in future to also include biodiversity impacts of the product."