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What's wrong with soy?
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Soy production is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation in South America and is associated with widespread environmental degradation, increased pesticide use, violence and human rights abuses of local communities and farmers, and rising food insecurity. As Europe is the leading importer of soy from South America, it has a key role in soy expansion.
"Every river and water source of what used to be forests and is now soy plantations is dead. They are poisoned, mainly due to the intensive use of
agrochemicals. At the same time, the indigenous communities who had traditionally lived in these Atlantic forests especially the Guarani'I m'gba' people were displaced"
Elias Diaz Pena, Sobrevivencia, Paraguay
The devastating impact on people >>
More information: Briefings of the Dutch Soy Coalition Read What's feeding our food report Read Summary >> Download report >> Soy consumption for feed and fuel in the EU Read Summary >> Download report >>
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