Study maps carbon and biodiversity costs of global food trade

New research from the University of Oxford, published in *Nature Food*, reveals that international trade in cattle products accounts for 29% of global carbon loss and 41% of global biodiversity loss. The study, which used high-resolution mapping to trace long-term environmental impacts, highlights that the environmental costs of agricultural trade are concentrated in regions like China, India, Brazil, and the EU, with Brazil being the largest net exporter of both carbon and biodiversity loss.