Soy. I wrote soy exports. Not "beef production exports".
Brazil (with Argentina) is main soy exporter for most of the worlds livestock.
In the documents below you can find clear numbers of how much hectares is used for pasture, corn, soybean etc. and how much stays forest.
The cause of that deforestation is clear, it is soybean + corn + beef = animal agriculture. Brazil has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world.
Yep, except again none of these detail the exports of Soy or Beef to the US. You said USA importation was the cause but it appears that Soy beans too are being exported to Asia not the US.
China buys about 60 percent of soybeans traded globally.
In 2011, China accounted for 43% of Brazilian (top destination) and 25% of Argentinean soy exports
Yes, I apologize, my statement refers to 90% of cut Amazon. Not that 90% of it is cut for USA.
As for the beef and soy exports it's not enough to check just the exports number. The most important number is beef consumption. Per capita the US has a pretty small consumption. But compared to EU or China, the US is leading, extremely in absolute amounts.
Brazil (with Argentina) is main soy exporter for most of the worlds livestock.
In the documents below you can find clear numbers of how much hectares is used for pasture, corn, soybean etc. and how much stays forest.
The cause of that deforestation is clear, it is soybean + corn + beef = animal agriculture. Brazil has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world.
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/758171468768828889...
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/1...