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Animals

Wildlife, habitat loss and animal agriculture

Deforestation for soy and pasture, predator control programmes, wildlife services killings, rewilding potential and the land that a plant-based food system would return.

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How much land would be freed by a plant-based food system?
Modelling published in Science estimates global farmland could shrink by roughly 75 % — an area the size of the US, China, the EU and Australia combined — while still feeding everyone.
Is soy for tofu driving Amazon deforestation?
About three-quarters of global soy is fed to farmed animals. Tofu and soy milk use a small share, typically from non-Amazonian supply chains.