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Environmental activism in Latin America

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It has also been reported that between the years of 2002 and 2018 more than 20 million hectares of tropical forests were cleared in the Amazon purely for beef production. For example, the rate of deforestation in indigenous territories has increased to 71% since the Brazilian president Jair Bolsanro was elected [4]. 2 pp 105-110. (2)

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

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Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

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Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support

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Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] 10] Niko Alexandratos and Jelle Bruinsma, “World agriculture towards 2030/2050: the 2012 revision,” Agricultural Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, June 2012, accessed January 16, 2020, [link].