Scientists have said the trade war between the US and China could destroy millions of hectares of the Amazon rainforest.
Tariffs imposed on US imports in China mean that soybean production could take up another 12.9 million hectares in Brazil as China seeks to source all their soybeans from Brazil.
Researchers writing in ‘nature today’ have said the newly-required land is likely to come from deforested land in the Amazon due to a changing political climate.