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Europe’s Green Deal offshores environmental damage to other nations

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  • Richard Fuchs
  • Calum Brown
  • Mark Rounsevell

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Importing millions of tonnes of crops and meat each year undercuts farming standards in the European Union and destroys tropical forests.

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  • Richard Fuchs & Calum Brown & Mark Rounsevell, 2020. "Europe’s Green Deal offshores environmental damage to other nations," Nature, Nature, vol. 586(7831), pages 671-673, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:586:y:2020:i:7831:d:10.1038_d41586-020-02991-1
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-02991-1
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