Each second, an area of tropical rain forest the size of a football field is destroyed to produce 257 hamburgers.*

In the next 24 hours, deforestation releases as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York.

The average car produces 3 kg/day of CO2.

Clearing rain forest to produce beef for one hamburger produces 75 kg of CO2.

Livestock production is responsible for 90% of the Amazon deforestation since 1970 to clear land for pasture and feed crops.

*This produces an astonishing 19,275 kg of CO2 per second.

Eating Up the Amazon(p.5, p.44, PDF)
(Green Peace)
Livestock, Development & Deforestation Brazil's Amazon
(Center for International Forestry Research)
Meat is NOT Green