Vegan Trends Around the World, Part 6 of 11 Aug. 06, 2015

"Lord Stern of Brentford, United Kingdom, lead author of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change proposed the avoidance of deforestation as the most economic method of managing greenhouse gas emissions. Ninety-one percent of the cleared Amazonian forest since 1970, the lungs of our Earth, can be directly or indirectly attributed to cattle raising. And in fact the UN FAO stated that the livestock sector is the major driver of global deforestation." "A year without paper saves 8.5 trees," shrinkthatfootprint.com reports. "A year without beef saves 3,432 trees", just for one person. And The Guardian... "A diet rich in meat, eggs, milk and cheese could be as harmful to health as smoking.”