The true cost of your Whopper.

[Cattledog]

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/burger-kings-connection-to-deforestation-in-latin-america/

We’ve got a little beef to pick with Burger King that extends well beyond farm animal rights, and after hearing this, you will, too.

You see, there’s an amazing forested savanna called the Cerrado in Brazil that is home to a rich array of animal and plant life, including many threatened species such as the magnificent jaguar, the giant anteater, and the maned wolf. This area is also prized as the source of half of Brazil’s watersheds, and it is a vital fountain of life for the Pentanal, the world’s largest wetland, as well as the millions of people who reside in this region. But recently, vast stretches of this tropical paradise have been burned to the ground and replanted as unsustainable soybean plantations.

“Today, deforestation is much higher in the Cerrado than the Amazon. Increasingly, with the climate crisis, we need the forest standing, providing environmental benefits and keeping the water safe. We can see how much this path achieved in the Amazon, and plan its evolution,” Brazil’s Environment Minister, José Sarney Filho, says.