Stop Food Waste 2021 Virtual Event 3

Soy Expansion Continues to Destroy Habitat in Brazil

Nearly three million hectares of natural vegetation in the Cerrado have been stripped for soy production since 2000. Beyond disrupting water systems and threatening the soy business, habitat destruction is destroying life in the most biodiverse tropical savanna region in the world.

The Cerrado region in Brazil is becoming the new frontier for habitat destruction as a growing soy industry clears land for production.