(2005-11-29) Soybeans Destroying Rainforest

The Brazilian government, in its most recent evaluation of the pace of the destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest, also sounded alarm bells. It said in the 12 months to August 2004, the pace of destruction was at a 10-year high, and it attributed the destruction in the state of Mato Grosso - where nearly half of it occurred - to Brazil's economic recovery in general and its Soy Bean export (to China) boom in particular. Good luck on that Global Warming thing...

Phil Jones has notes on the GM Food aspect to the story.