EU and China at risk from water scarcity via imports of Brazil beef and soy - Insights - Trase
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New research by Trase reveals the colossal amount of water used to produce soy and beef in Brazil, and recommends ways to address the risks of water scarcity for global food security.

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Here you can find more about the Stockholm Environment Institute and the research.

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Researchers have found that 18% of water use for China’s soy and beef imports from Brazil, and 54% of water use for the EU’s soy and beef imports from Brazil, came from river basins with either high or critical water scarcity. This means that a significant portion of the trade in these commodities is exposed to physical risks due to reduced water availability.

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The river basins of Paraná, Tocantins-Araguaia, Amazon and São Francisco [all in Brazil] are key sources of water needed to produce and export soy and beef to China and the EU. However, these basins also supply water for domestic use, industry and energy generation, as well as for ecosystems. As climate change worsens, there is likely to be growing competition over diminishing water resources.

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  • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
    19·
    8 days ago

    “The problem with Capitalism is that eventually you run out of other peoples resources.”

    -Maggi -maybe Marx wasn’t all wrong- Thatcher

      • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
        31·
        8 days ago

        China is state capitalist since about the late 80s. The “liberalization” of the economy in the 80s and the quickly rising class inequality, corruption and the like that came with it was a major factor in the student movement that led to the protests which then where shut down with the Tiananmen Square massacre.

        So unlike it is often painted Tiananmen wasn’t an anti-communist democratic protest movement. It was a democratic movement against the new state capitalism and it was brutally massacred to ensure that the new state capitalism would prevail in China.