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Export-oriented industrial agriculture of a few globally traded commodities (like soy, maize and rice), as well as meat production, destroy forests, the diversity of seeds and small-scale farming systems. They also uproot established land use patterns and threaten food sovereignty.

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Report: Grow-ing disaster: the Fortune 500 goes farming

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Other information 10 August 2015

Manifesto for the International Day for the defense of the mangrove forests

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Other information 9 June 2015

Latin America and EU Trade relationships - Animated video

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industrial food system
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How the industrial food system contributes to the climate crisis

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Other information 30 March 2007

The ecological and social tragedy of crop-based biofuel production in the Americas

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Chile: Made-to-measure trees for the forestry industry

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