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Tesco supplier accused of contributing to Amazon rainforest destruction
The Guardian – British consumers are unwittingly contributing to the devastation of the Amazon rainforest by buying meat products from Tesco, according to Greenpeace. The environmental group says in a report that canned beef from the supermarket chain has been found to contain meat from ranches that have been carved out of the lands of indigenous peoples, and farms the Brazilian government believes have been sited in illegally deforested lands. Read article
Tags: Central South America, deforestation / habitat loss, food agriculture, nature of corporations
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