> If all of a sudden we forested the areas that aren't, it would not be a good thing Oh yes it would. > if you didn't eat meat, this wouldn't be happening ...

> If all of a sudden we forested the areas that aren't, it would not be a good thing Oh yes it would. > if you didn't eat meat, this wouldn't be happening ... probably not even relevant to Argentina. https://green-ecolog.com/15337803-deforestation-in-argentina-causes-and-consequences https://green-ecolog.com/15337803-deforestation-in-argentina... https://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/05/19/5658 https://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/05/19/5658 In the 1830s, the sheer abundance and diversity of plants and animals in Argentina -- whether on land or in the water -- astounded British naturalist Charles Darwin during his famed tours of South America ... If we could put a satellite image from 200 years ago next to one from today, we would see that the forested area has diminished in size and quality. The wooded areas left are much smaller and with less variety of species,' he said ... For the last 200 years, this South American country ... has seemed to be bent on destroying its forests ... In 1915, Argentina had 100 million hectares of forest - nearly a third of the national territory. Although there are doubts about the veracity of this official figure, there is no question about the magnitude of the destruction ... By 1937, the agricultural census determined that the total area was 37.5 million hectares, and by 1987 it was 35 million. Ten years later, the area covered by forests had been reduced to 33 million hectares. Deforestation accelerated to make room for intensive farming. Currently, more than half of the cultivated area in Argentina is planted in transgenic soy, which China buys in massive quantities to feed its livestock.