Paraguay Deforestation: the soy invasion – Tropic of Capricorn – BBC travel
Simon Reeve visits one of the poorest countries in South America, Paraguay, to see the soy farms that are dominating the landscape. Interesting clip from BBC travel show ‘Tropic of Capricorn’.
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Che picha ro. …
Che picha ro. cualquier torombolo nomas.. vienen a decir cualquier cosa de mi pais.. como si fuera que es todo cierto y verda lo que estan diciendo. Akairo de estos mongolico que no tienen nada que decir y vienen aca a usar mi pais para hacder su noticia
Hey, Stop.. who are …
Hey, Stop.. who are you speak of my country… if you dont new … you come to my country to do new… you dont help.. only to do news. You using the name of my country to do new. Sorry. You are abusing here doing news.
the point was to …
the point was to criticise the soy industry as a whole-most people don’t realise that by consuming soya not only are they not doing the environment any favours by destroying the rainforest and leading the poor farmers into more poverty, but they also contribute to making the big mulinationals even richer.
please i want to …
please i want to post this video on facebook ..but embedding is disabled !!!!!!!!!
thats my contry
thats my contry
the point was to …
the point was to criticise the soy industry as a whole-most people don’t realise that by consuming soya not only are they not doing the environment any favours by destroying the rainforest and leading the poor farmers into more poverty, but they also contribute to making the big mulinationals even richer.
in case you didn’t …
in case you didn’t hear, most of the soy is used to feed cattle and livestock, not the latte
Monsanto is evil. …
Monsanto is evil. They want a MONOCROP in order to control the food production of the world and rake in all of the profits off of their untested test tube food. You cannot sustain an entire world without biodiversity. And the massive deforestation is only exacerbating the very climate change these companies hope to profit from as well. Farmers, stand up for your right to grow REAL FOOD. Don’t sell your soul and your livelihoods to these vipers.
hemp seeds are MORE …
hemp seeds are MORE nutritious than the soybean … hemp products could replace the TIMBER industries used for building products and PAPER TREE PULP used for junk mail and newspapers…
research/advocate industrial hemp alongside medicinal cannabis for health liberty and economy! and ecology! research the commodities we are not taking advantage of economically
fuck TRADER JOES… …
TRADER JOES…….i DON´T NEED “ORGANIC VEGETABLES ” for $10a bag…the with that.
hahaha, so all …
hahaha, so all people here think that the soy planting detroy the rainforest and the nature??
have anybody of u any been in China – Shanghai or Tokio – Japan ???
There u see what destroy the nature…
In Paraguay is so much of rainforest and the “holy trees” come and meet me here =) i show u !!!
now these middle …
now these middle class do-gooders can stuff their skinny soya latte up where the sun doesnt shine. They think is better for the envieronment and all they do is destroy the rainforest and sink poor farmers into deeper poverty
a un japones,le …
a un japones,le entraron unos campesinos y empezaron a hechar rollos y llegaron los fiscales infelices y le demandaron xq el no sta manteniendo el %ese d monte,llega a ser ridiculo pro ocurre,la soja pa este pais no es malo!para nada,los agricultores pagan impuestos,ayudan a la economia dl pais,mi punto de vista es q se sta enfocando mal,los malos no son los agricultores,sino a corrupcion propia dl govierno.
jajaja,tenes …
jajaja,tenes razon.tb soy paraguaya,es re dificil este tema…mas en un pais tan corrupto, yo amo mi pais,aunq tenga raices extrangeras.para comenzar no mas:uno debe mantener un tanto% de monte virgen por hectaria,y lo jodido es que que muchas veces entran gnt y te plantan mariguana!imaginate!yo conozco varios agricultores q le paso eso,dspues llegan los de la geo y chau!
I am an argentinian …
I am an argentinian my mother is from paraguay and I was travel to paraguay since I was a little kid. I am 33 years old now and I can´t believe what is happening in paraguay. How the government can´t do anything..!!?? THERE IS NOT FOREST ANYMORE USE TO BE A LOT in that kind of weather for those that don´t know is to hot the forest is like an natural aircon but now..all is gone what happen with the animals and al the fauna from paraguay..just God knows…
yes is a good thing …
yes is a good thing, but destroys it the nature. That`s my opinion.
lastima la …
lastima la corrupción que hay..
the soy production …
the soy production is a good thing…
because that …
because that farmland is sterile, and fertilizer would cost much more than you’d earn with soy
you people are …
you people are discusting about a thing that you didn’t live every day.
i’am paraguayan and you see all this in your fancy houses, your newest computer and your facking eating desorders.
you’ll newer known what is to wake up in this country and try to survived day by day.
so you holes and if you come to PARAGUAY someday i will give you a tour for free.
Humanity must be …
Humanity must be forced to spay and neuter themselves! Humans are basically greedy useless lethal viruses anyway so should not be allowed to reproduce in the future. Concepts like “monocultures don’t work” is beyond the primitive brains of humanity.
go trader joes!!!!! …
go trader joes!!!!!!! why the dont they use all the abandoned farmland in the US for this instead of cutting down the forest.
Not when it makes …
Not when it makes me vomit. That’s not a good protein source for me. If others need it, and like it – fine. It’s just sad that a whole forest is obliterated by an “ideal” that is not native to that area.
it may make u sick …
it may make u sick but it’s an extremely healthy source of nutrients and protein (protein is the most important)
Soy makes me …
Soy makes me physically ill. How sad to see those that are so adamanant about this “food source” are literally killing off other native plants for their own gain.
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