I need to write a persuasive essay on environmental issues such as farm animals or zoo breeding. Any ideas? (and NOT global warming!) Any links?
Question: How does meat consumption contribute to rainforest depletion?
Answer: The United States imports roughly 200 million pounds of beef from Central America every year. Aside from the fuel used in transport, grazing land is needed for all of these animals. Where does all that land come from in a densely forested region? The answer: from clear-cutting forests and rainforest A Smithsonian study estimates that the necessity for more grazing land means that every minute of every day, a land area equivalent to seven football fields is destroyed in the Amazon basin(1).
For each hamburger that originated from animals raised on rainforest land, approximately 55 square feet of forest have been destroyed. And its not just the rainforest. In the United States, more than 260 million acres of forest have been clear-cut for animal agriculture (2). With increased per capita meat consumption, and an ever growing population, we can only expect to see more deforestation in the future.
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Question: How does meat consumption contribute to rainforest depletion?
Answer: The United States imports roughly 200 million pounds of beef from Central America every year. Aside from the fuel used in transport, grazing land is needed for all of these animals. Where does all that land come from in a densely forested region? The answer: from clear-cutting forests and rainforest A Smithsonian study estimates that the necessity for more grazing land means that every minute of every day, a land area equivalent to seven football fields is destroyed in the Amazon basin(1).
For each hamburger that originated from animals raised on rainforest land, approximately 55 square feet of forest have been destroyed. And its not just the rainforest. In the United States, more than 260 million acres of forest have been clear-cut for animal agriculture (2). With increased per capita meat consumption, and an ever growing population, we can only expect to see more deforestation in the future.
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References :
http://vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetarianvegan101/f/forestclearcut.htm
http://www.globalissues.org/article/177/nature-and-animal-conservation
http://vegetarian.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=vegetarian&cdn=food&tm=62&gps=144_9_730_526&f=00&tt=12&bt=0&bts=0&st=23&zu=http%3A//goveg.com/environment-globalwarming.asp
http://vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetarianvegan101/f/fossilfuels.htm
'babs' streisands water bill for one year in her california home is $20,000.i wonder if the hollywood types figure in the diesel exhaust created on film locations by the generators in their carbon foot prints.i could go on but they bore me.