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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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Mexico: Protesters are blocking access to Nestlé Tlahuapan to demand the water supply be handled with more care Cecilia Espinoza Galindo | Municipios Puebla | January 16, 2017 The protesters claim that the bottling giant extracts one million liters from the spring per day since its arrival in the municipality 20 years ago.

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

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Mexico: Protesters are blocking access to Nestlé Tlahuapan to demand the water supply be handled with more care Cecilia Espinoza Galindo | Municipios Puebla | January 16, 2017 The protesters claim that the bottling giant extracts one million liters from the spring per day since its arrival in the municipality 20 years ago.

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

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Mexico: Protesters are blocking access to Nestlé Tlahuapan to demand the water supply be handled with more care Cecilia Espinoza Galindo | Municipios Puebla | January 16, 2017 The protesters claim that the bottling giant extracts one million liters from the spring per day since its arrival in the municipality 20 years ago.

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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] 12] Though pastureland and cropland expanded 5 and 16 percent, between 1961 and 2017, the maximum extent of total agriculture land occurred in the 1990s, and declined significantly since then, led by a 4.5 52] But mostly it is due to efficiency.