And yet it has proven that the increasing number of people on vegan or vegetarian diets has led to increased deforestation, as the agricultural space necessary for the growth of plants is greater than raising livestock in relation to proportional nutritional intake.
This of course means the destruction of native animal habitats
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We totally agree with you @mstaader. A lot of people think vegeterianism is a 100% way out but If everyone becomes a vegeterian, we will face a lot of environmental challenges just like we are facing right now with too many cows. We think what's important is to be able to strike a balance. Being able to produce with respect to need and not greed and being able to consume with respect to need and not greed. Striking that balance of need above greed can rapidly remedy the situation. However, we will like to know what you think can be done with respect to addressing this complex issue.
@mstaader are you able to back up your claim? In terms of vegan/vegetarian diets leading to increased deforestation? Plant based alternatives to feed a certain population takes up significantly less land and resources than it does to produce meat to feed that same number of people. As much as 97% of the energy and resources needed to grow lifestock for human consumption gets lost in keeping that animal alive and only 3% actually gets converted into protein that we then eat. That doesn't seem sustainable and far from being environmentally friendly.
https://www.sciencealert.com/vegetarian-and-healthy-diets-may-actually-be-worse-for-the-environment-study-finds
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not denying meat production is also bad for the environment, but it’s more current farming practices that are the problem than dietary choices.
There are ways that abundant supplies of many kinds of foods could be produced with zero environmental impact and almost zero cost, but it would cost money to set up