[OC] Sugarcane was first introduced to Brazil in 1532. Half a millennium later, the country produces over 700M tonnes yearly (roughly the same amount as all of Asia, and 7x the amount produced by Africa)carshooter106 t1_j844y8q wrote
Reply to comment by columbinedaydream in [OC] Sugarcane was first introduced to Brazil in 1532. Half a millennium later, the country produces over 700M tonnes yearly (roughly the same amount as all of Asia, and 7x the amount produced by Africa) by latinometrics
Wrong, barely anything gets planted in deforested Amazon. Sugar in particular is planted in the south east region.
The biggest causes of deforestation are logging (so you get partial marks), and cattle ranching, and mining. All of that with a lot of support from 1st world companies
columbinedaydream t1_j85fmq5 wrote
this is just not true, soy production is one of the leading causes of deforestation. the problem is that the land isnt very good for it, so they log, grow cash crops like soy, and then land gets left barren because they cant grow anything on it after
https://rainforests.mongabay.com/kids/elementary/soy.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/795051
like this is one google search away, why am i being downvoted
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