| > It is not difficult to connect the dots between rapid clicks-and-likes driven social media to the burning of Amazon forests. Would you please elaborate on how "rapid clicks-and-likes driven social media" leads to the burning of Amazon forests? I would also like to add these two related paragraphs: > According to various reports on the subject (Greenpeace, FAO), livestock farming, including soya production, is responsible for about 70 to 80% of deforestation in the Amazon region. The development of intensive livestock production, combined with the increasing consumption of meat in developed countries, is thus the main cause of Amazonian deforestation. > According to the WWF, It’s estimated that deforestation caused by livestock is responsible for the discharge of 3.4% of current global emissions of carbon to the atmosphere every year. That’s why the late 2018 IPCC report stood out that reducing meat consumption by 90% is the single biggest way to reduce global warming. Some studies also show that without meat and dairy consumption, global farmland use could be reduced by over 75%. In this way, reducing your meat consumption is also a big step to stop not only deforestation but also global warming on a larger scale. Source: https://e-csr.net/definitions/what-is-definition-deforestati... |
The dot chain I see is social media -> stronger tribalism, social bubbles -> strengthening of nationalist movements, particularly far right -> electing Jair Bolsonaro -> rejection of foreign aid, support of these farming techniques.
Perhaps I'm wrong in my reasoning... but I'd much prefer to be wrong about this particular example and right about the general trend.