European consumption accelerates global deforestation

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European consumption of cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, beef, leather and rubber led to the disappearance of 149 million trees worldwide between 2021 and 2023, according to a report published by WWF Europe and cited by EFE. The pace is equivalent to cutting down about 100 trees per minute to meet demand in the European Union. The document, produced together with the Swiss data analysis company AdAstra Sustainability, shows that almost 50 million trees per year are lost solely to satisfy EU

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