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An aerial view shows cattle on a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil.

Plantations, Ranches Are Devouring World’s Forests

This Earth Day, it's time we face the fact that what and how we consume drives deforestation of climate-critical forests as well as human rights abuses against workers and forest peoples. From coffee and chocolate bars to the palm oil found in soap, traces of deforestation hide in many of our most ubiquitous products.

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