We went to the Manu National Park during our honeymoon trip to Peru. It’s hard for those of us who have lived in temperate areas our whole lives to imagine little things like rinsing a shirt in the evening meaning that you will have a damp shirt the next day (or two) and bigger things like not being able to see more than a few dozen meters ahead when not on the water or up on an observation tower.
It was so far outside any place I’d ever experienced before (or since).
And it breaks my heart to see what we’re doing to it.
How much is cattle ranching a driver of the deforestation? Brazilian beef is often the cheapest option in Germany - I don’t buy it, but obviously someone here does.
We heard about the fires that Bolsonaro did nothing (really) to prevent or fight, and that a lot of them were to gain land for cattle ranching. That’s what made me start making sure I wasn’t buying beef from Brazil.
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We went to the Manu National Park during our honeymoon trip to Peru. It’s hard for those of us who have lived in temperate areas our whole lives to imagine little things like rinsing a shirt in the evening meaning that you will have a damp shirt the next day (or two) and bigger things like not being able to see more than a few dozen meters ahead when not on the water or up on an observation tower.
It was so far outside any place I’d ever experienced before (or since).
And it breaks my heart to see what we’re doing to it.
How much is cattle ranching a driver of the deforestation? Brazilian beef is often the cheapest option in Germany - I don’t buy it, but obviously someone here does.
We heard about the fires that Bolsonaro did nothing (really) to prevent or fight, and that a lot of them were to gain land for cattle ranching. That’s what made me start making sure I wasn’t buying beef from Brazil.