Weed, Soy & Climate Change Are Destroying Paraguay’s Forest

Paraguay might be one of the world’s first countries to lose its rainforest because of a confluence of factors including inequality, corruption, drug trafficking, and climate change. The South American nation offers a stark warning for what the planet stands to lose if it doesn’t act to protect its natural resources.
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[@christianback4256]

This is the continuation of what I witnessed 20 years ago while consulting, on a WHO mission to assess the potential impact of increased level fluctuations of the Itaipu Reservoir. We left Ciudad del Este for a field trip on a yacht. The sonar detected no fish. The Brazilian shore was vegetated and bordered with trees, while the Paraguay shore showed bare soil, and no trees, with huge soy plantations in the background. I asked to take a small boat to see the shore from up close: the shore was bare with mineral/chemical crust covering everything. I could not find any aquatic insect flying or swimming and 20 minutes of prospection yielded a single aquatic snail. The industry of growing soy to export as cattle feed had destroyed this environment.

[@tungsten2009]

You know it's bad when even the snails can't thrive there.

[@JS-jh4cy]

Are there no green Forest buffer zones of no clearing of 1,000 meters next to any watershed?

[@WelfareChrist]

“In 2020 alone 40% of the reserve was wiped out by fires.” I get why the primatologist said talking about the deforestation makes it seem hopeless.

[@blip-hn6is]

without the forest they are jobless. ofcourse they will scream climate change scam

[@WelfareChrist]

@@blip-hn6is because you trust the oil companies? seriously? That's whose promoting all these scientists are scammers. And honestly if it is a scam what's the problem? Oh no! She scammed us into maintaining our forests! What will we ever do now? lol

[@g.i.wingnut740]

98% of researchers find the evidence their investors are looking for. Period.

[@paulsmith7579]

@@g.i.wingnut740 who do you think is investing in primatology? And who do you think is investing in soy? Do the maths.

[@g.i.wingnut740]

@@paulsmith7579 no, the research is more likely being paid for by the same folks behind Greta Thunberg.

[@Babybluegal42]

My beautiful country.... Thank you for bringing awareness to our small Paraguay....many don't know of this country

[@gwolf6442]

first is not small, second, is well known, third, vice is crap.

[@dncviorel]

@@gwolf6442 is vice lying?

[@marw9541]

@@dncviorel It's not about it lying, it's just dropped in quality considerably since its inception

[@MrxDiesel]

Yes blame plants,fields,and natural disasters. Not the people who prioritized profit over people and nature.

[@thyscott6603]

Idk where you get that idea from. I hear them stating; logging, weed, soy and cattle farms being the issue.

[@MrxDiesel]

@@thyscott6603 oh I'm sorry I didn't realize there was a 6 year old watching vice videos. Well when something is in demand there are companies who pay for land or just take it. Then they destroy the flora,which also kills the fauna. These companies care very little or not at all about nature or those who rely on it,so long as these companies profit they don't care what happens to the flora,fauna,or the people who survive off the land. This includes but is not limited to logging companies,paper companies,and farming. Farming has become more about rich people buying the land and hiring workers at a shitty rate of pay,little or no benefits,and changing the land from just a couple of acres for growing food to about a couple hundred acres to profit,destroying more land,flora,and fauna.

[@thyscott6603]

@UCa7hWCpYHM_X7GM8CzgUJ0w I'll just not mention how rude one can be, but that grammar is awful. Well, companies and corporations are still people, just so you know. Also companies and corporations can not do this thing like "care", corporations and companies are to make money and not charity. The problem is here that the state is corrupt and the people in power let this happen. Anyways, please be nicer to people, not everyone on here is an idiot ;)

[@MrxDiesel]

@@thyscott6603 100% States are corrupt,and governments are more corrupt by doing nothing about it. But a company or corporation is not people,they are entities ran by people. Companies are for making money. But not prioritizing profits. Multi-billion dollar corporations barely pay some of their workers a living wage. But I guess we could simply just say there will be less problems once we make a change. Whenever that'll be.

[@AdventureSam]

Vice is run by nut jobs hahaha

[@LordFe1]

That title tho

[@alexill]

It’s the vice trifecta

[@lawrencemorris2261]

Looks like Paraguay forest is getting plagued by the same thing that plagues males in democrat run cities

[@darkbozo11]

@@lawrencemorris2261 you mean they to have Republicans who have tried a coup??

[@jonmacdonald5345]

@@darkbozo11 Democrats started the KKK and they wanted to continue with slavery they're also responsible for the Jim crow laws! Biden gave a eulage at a klansmans funeral he also said the guy was a Great man!

[@bubiscauri9896]

@@jonmacdonald5345 maybe he was🤷‍♂️

[@JA238979]

The statement at 2:39 reminds me of North America, where millions of native animal species like bison roamed freely before land was sold like a disposable commodity in a European stock exchange and used to grow invasive species like cows.

[@thesilentone4024]

Don't forget nevadas invasive donkeys they can and will kill every dam predators we have for none of them can kill the dam donkeys. Before you say donkeys can't do that yes they can they live in Africa and will kick or bite down and rag dolls the poor animal tell its soul leaves. Oh forgot to tell you its illegal to kill any of them for some reason. And there eating the joshua trees to the point they die they just hit endangered 2 years ago well Temporary endangered but still numbers are still going down.

[@Wetnapkin69]

@@thesilentone4024 thats crazy and really interesting for some reason. Lol

[@thesilentone4024]

@@Wetnapkin69 rabbits are invasive there to but they kinda tempt you to kill the bunny for they eat anything green and I mean anything. 1 problem is we have more jackrabbits then white tail so no one goes out hunting them. There missing out have you ever tried jackrabbit Jerky oh baby its good.

[@Wetnapkin69]

@@thesilentone4024 lmao😂 i haven't ever tried it, i heard rabbit taste a bit like chicken but i wouldn't know. Its crazy how many things are invasive that we wouldn't expect, who would expect that pigs would be an issue in texas?, that kind of stuff is very interesting. Thanks for saying interesting stuff. Lol

[@thesilentone4024]

@@Wetnapkin69 it really does but jackrabbit is kinda like the dark meat on a turkey.

[@djayjp]

Let me fix the title for you: "Weed, animal agriculture/murder/slavery,..." The soy is used for animal feed. You can produce 15x more protein per unit of land vs beef.

[@PG-3462]

Which is more or less true. It's true that growing cereals only to feed cattle is extremely inneficient. However, the cows eat the whole plant, so your "15x" statistic doesn't exactly correspond to reality. Keeping the soy beans for human consumption and giving the rest of the plant to herbivore animals would be much more efficient (and to achieve this, societies around the world must obviously reduce drastically their meat consumption)

[@TheSapphireLeo]

@@PG-3462 The only thing cows should be eating is organic grasses.

[@PG-3462]

@@TheSapphireLeo Cows aren't the only herbivore farm animals. Goats, sheeps, cows, rabbits or even alpaccas can eat very different type of plants. When we grow cereals for human consumption, all the "trash" generated can be used to feed some farm animals, making the overall process extremely efficient, most particularly when the animals can also produce wool

[@djayjp]

@@PG-3462 Pretty sure that stat is accurate.

[@djayjp]

@@TheSapphireLeo If you want to destroy the world, yes, you are correct. About 40% of the ice and desert free land area of the entire Earth is wasted on animal agriculture.

[@jawnkandy]

You mean PEOPLE are destroying the forest. Weed and Soy aren't cutting down the forest and growing themselves. If other commodities were more profitable, they'd be growing those.

[@aljohnson2838]

And won't allow you to just grow yourself. So dumb.

[@18booma]

The sad thing is, weed grows so easily, they don't need to do it in the middle of the forest. They can grow in much worse conditions. It looks like the only reason they grow in the forest is because that's the only land that's not well-protected by private interests. They can destroy a patch of forest and nobody says anything, but let them try and grow it on privately owned land and they would get absolutely destroyed. So clearly money is more important to the government than the longevity of the forests, the country and the world.

[@ninamartin1084]

Exactly. Until there are financial incentives to retain forest, some motherf*&^%$ will cut it down to grow money.

[@drejlangseth2579]

This is so depressing! Their rainforest will be gone and it's too late to teach the populace what was lost.

[@rastahima1223]

we should go to war with them to stop em from destroying the forest.

[@Slurkz]

Let’s emphasize soy and weed in itself aren’t a problem, it’s the vast quantities “required” to feed livestock (exported worldwide) which turns out many times less efficient than if we skipped the animals in the chain and consume those crops ourselves. By embracing a balanced plant-based life you can almost make sure you don’t contribute to the destruction depicted in this video, and at the same time live healthier and not hurt animals.

[@kynn884]

Based

[@Hola_Carlos]

I would emphasize developed countries such as the US and Europe alone have destroyed the world through colonization and capitalism. By opening business opportunities (e.g. soy candles; those latte drinks from coffee shops, and more) it’s further making this problem worse. And yet, we are surprised we are having migration issues across borders worldwide. It’s just heart breaking to see people and our planet suffer.

[@kynn884]

@@Hola_Carlos Also true!

[@paulsmith7579]

This is a lovely idea but I'm afraid it is pie in the sky until industrialised farming stops being a profit-making global mega business and starts being a philanthropic venture with the sole objective of feeding people.

[@Red_Twizzler]

Save the animals, eat the humans

[@hernanmontero4928]

Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and now Paraguay facing the same ungrateful life with this corruption in South America , I'm from Argentina and 40 years ago I never thought to see the amazon on fire or this soy plantation , Monsanto, poison, garbage , pollution and the great Campesinos! loosing everything , very sorry for the gauchos and the natives , mother earth is crying.

[@williamsmitherson2170]

Unfortunately it was a thing back than :( deforestation has been happening for years and it's only been getting worse. I just hope our political higher ups step in and actually do something.

[@pavanswaroop1712]

Believe me, mother earth will take care of it in the most cruel way possible on humans and restore balance. If we want to avoid mother earth taking it in her own hands, we need to act fast and with decisiveness.

[@gwolf6442]

preocupate por tu sucio pais KUREPA.

[@hernanmontero4928]

@@gwolf6442 El mundo el mio , trabajas para Bolsonaro??

[@cblack4413]

Watch this doc called "Surviving Progress" the worship of money is the cause,yet at the same time we all need it.Those who have more than enough money have this fear about losing it,and they think they need more still.

[@g.i.wingnut740]

The Love of money is the root of ALL evil. Bill Gates for example.

[@cblack4413]

@@g.i.wingnut740 Gates...kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZSmgomhpbyAmac

[@18booma]

Money is merely a tool. Greed is the root of most evil (a tiny amount of it is just sadism). But this is what happens in Capitalism. The rich get richer, and will destroy whatever they need to, to keep it that way.

[@cblack4413]

@@18booma Agreed. David Suzuki - "Money Doesn,t stand for anything.Modern economics is equivalent to brain damage"

[@Marijuanessa]

This makes me so sad, because these leaders at the top really dont see the STRUGGLE from those who are suffering to even make ends meet. They do have these "unrealistic proposals" & the worst part is no matter what country it is, the priority is always PROFIT over resources, land, animals & even people. Those who live with greed, dont deserve the beautiful world.

[@pasta-and-heroin]

Thats the bit that hit me the most. I dont know what else to say other than ‘director of biodiversity’ is a poor title for a man who so clearly is in the pocket of the private sector, and anyone who is making money.

[@Marijuanessa]

@@pasta-and-heroin its like that everywhere. literally money is the "solution" to any politicians or corporations. Mother earth is only taking so much. Its already becoming too late.

[@elcreadortv4332]

Buen documental Dios permita y llegue a las autoridades este reportaje

[@andrewnickson5227]

Dont de so naive Hugo - they know well what is happening

[@paulsmith7579]

Mandale Hugo. Que haga presion el publico!

[@elcreadortv4332]

@@andrewnickson5227 Lo que pasa que el hombre piensa que sabe mucho. mas no sabe nada. Todo pasa por un propósito , tal ves nosotros queremos cambiar nuestro planeta, pero habra otro grupo que no lo piense así, no le interesa la vida animal, o vegetal. solo le importa el dinero, como mi Señor Jesús decia el maldito dinero

[@mydadownsadealership]

Now Vice finally believes that soy is destroying something

[@molihua15]

I mean people, including vegans, know it for years: majority of soy is used to feed animals for meat and diary.

[@paulsmith7579]

@@molihua15 I'm not sure it makes any difference what it is used for does it? Its still a field not a forest. Vegans are so defensive.

[@tequilasunset4651]

@@paulsmith7579 If everyone was vegan far less soy would be farmed lol. cows are hungry motherfuckers and very inefficient.

[@paulsmith7579]

@@tequilasunset4651 first if people stopped eating meat there would still be cows needing to be fed, so lets assume you are going to kill or neuter them all. Only at that point would your master plan come into effect. But then far less soy might be farmed but they would just plant something else instead. It doesn't follow that less demand for soy = sudden desire to reforest agricultural fields rather than make profit from them. Farmers don't plant on demand, they are in a profit-making megabusiness. This is why food mountains, hungry people and farming subsidies still exist. Vegans need to stop pretending they have solutions to the biodiversity crisis.

[@dncviorel]

@@tequilasunset4651 You need 8kg of vegetal protein and 1500litres of water to produce 1kg of cow meat. That says it all.

[@nikkikaigi]

Great piece -- loved Laurel's reporting on this one. MORE LAUREL PLS!

[@jeremiasbarreto6425]

Finally a video about my country

[@zorrokitty5666]

A beautiful country. I visited in 2015

[@williamsmitherson2170]

Would love to visit, any regions in particular I should go to?

[@sanojgreen8874]

The world will not understand until the only planet we know to have life, has no life.

[@ramadeo83]

Paraguayan here, this is absolute truth, the thing is we are very poor country, foreign investment is practically our only real industry, that and drug distribution, not drug production but distribution wich is worse because without our corrupt politicians and border control is practically bought and paid by Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru, brazilian cattle is practically the booming bussiness, that and total corruption of our political and bussiness institutions gives little to no space to combat this, our only hope to have a more lawful democratic country is Foreign Policies like the Us under Biden to try to make it harder for the corrupt owning and ruling class to bow to more poweful foreign countries. Foreing interest love this country because of 0 regulations for corporations and no accountability and laws so if you have money you practically can do whatever you want here, there are no court, judges or prosecutors that can do nothing if you're a corporation who break the rules.

[@tylerhackner9731]

A video about this country? Nice

[@user-re7tp2gm1b]

I hate no one is talking about this in Paraguay. I fear talking about landless campesinos because of the establishment. WE ARE NOT LIVING IN A DEMOCRACY.

[@thyscott6603]

Well, please fix the subtitles

[@drewpalacio3815]

Me dueles Paraguay 😔

[@gwolf6442]

???? jajajaja loco.

[@elmerfudd5193]

And then there was none ! 🥺

[@yeyeballesteroschannel8302]

When i saw the title, i immediately click.

[@callspreadzero854]

Start paying them to reverse course.

[@realdragao6367]

I think you mistook us with brazil

[@alialjmali7471]

Cosmic and Covidious War from Allah.. Imam Nasser Mohammed Al-Yamani 07- Jumada I -1443 AH 11-12-2021 AD

[@T1Oracle]

Don't let the weed bros see that title...

[@hempy209]

YT wont load this video only the audio!! i think yalls are being sensored

[@Nekminute]

Too many people on this planet

[@gwolf6442]

now vice do a report on how Europe was completely 100% deforestated.

[@thomaschapman5282]

Thanks for yesterday and today☝️on youtube, you are the best thanks for always being there to save me from financial troubles

[@paulsmith7579]

Thank God for people like that primatologist!

[@glueball9511]

they didnt state this in video but soy is grown in Paraguay to feed livestock, just like in Brazil. and just like in Brazil the consequence is loss of habitat and creatures as they did state

[@ninamartin1084]

They grow soy for money. Doesn't make any difference if humans or cows eat it, the point is, its not native biodiverse forest. Cos forest doesn't make money and it seems that is people want money more than clean air, water or a viable home for their children. Until there is a complete collapse of all currency systems and yes I do mean crypto too no-one is gonna change a thing. Why should they? I mean, who's gonna make them?

[@drpcustomhomes3020]

And yall push all 3

[@Rikimaru17]

Sad 😢

[@gnarmarmilla]

Need to legalize cannabis and stop buying Paraguayan beef. May God have mercy and help us all to stop this exceedingly stupid process of destroying invaluable forests like this one.

[@minnermin]

It's overconsumption my guess is from the usa

[@PG-3462]

The USA mostly produces its own meat. South American meat is mostly exported to East Asia and to Europe

[@dai-nippon_digger]

For the Campesinos, it's do or die. In Brazil, a lot of the cattle ranchers that are burning the Amazon, or the loggers, need to do it. They do not have any other local work and to leave means risking death or extortion by a gang.

[@ninamartin1084]

Doesn't help that Bolsonaro is actively encouraging forest destruction. And that voters in Brazil are actively encouraging him to remain in power. They are literally shitting on their own doorstep.

[@Ren-io4mw]

I really hope vice donated a drone to the rangers.

[@Mark_Chandler]

well, we still have canada

[@PG-3462]

All forests in my area (Québec, Canada) are either dying or highly damaged because of the hotter temperatures. The thing is, trees in the north need to freeze during a certain lapse of time during winter. Since winter is getting hotter, many species of trees can't survive. And that's without taking into account all invasive species that move always further north and kill huge areas

[@Mark_Chandler]

@@PG-3462 well, we still have alaska

[@CynikaI]

Do people not realize you cant enjoy money when you cant breathe lmao

[@michaelkolbe5963]

Should take plant species and DNA on these Animals so they can be brought back later possibly after laws to protect species are in effect

[@andypozuelos1204]

What a good idea, I wonder why no one has thought of that. You're a genius. You should get the Nobel peace prize.

[@g.i.wingnut740]

Great idea, but, you are decades behind what has already been done.

[@KingDavidTheOrderOfMelchizedek]

we need to do better as a species to protect this dear planet and its inhabitants. THose rangers are very brave. This video makes me furious and I'd love to go down there and help but then I remember how Bill Gates and this BS country is trying to do the same thing to us!

[@flagwashere]

@@dv8322 no, no it is not. the world can support upwards of 11 billion people, the problem is how we're using our land and it resources.

[@jocelyncooper1738]

@@flagwashere In terms of living space, yes over 11 billion could fit on Earth. In terms of resources, the world is already extremely overpopulated, a population of 11 billion of almost certainly cause mass unrest (and possibly war). There are several places on earth that are quickly running out of fresh water. We do produce enough food for everyone on earth, but at immense cost to the environment. You also have to think about all the greenhouse gases produced by human waste. The ideal human population is actually 1.5-3 billion, and that’s even with a noticeable reduction in the western standard of living. To fit 11 billion people sustainably we would all have to live like tribal people found find in areas that are most isolated from the outside world. Everyone would also have to adopt a raw vegan diet. You won’t many to voluntarily live like that.

[@ProfessorHoffman]

@@dv8322 Very simple minded take on the issue

[@daved6464]

@@dv8322 100% agree...its not a resource issue its a popation issue

[@paulsmith7579]

@@jocelyncooper1738 wouldn't that depend on how resources are shared?

[@petermitchell4523]

Potheads will never admit that indoor grown weed is horrible for the environment

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Depends on how it's grown !

[@simonscowled9925]

Once ecological disasters happen people will finally start changing

[@cristinataliani5619]

Smash Industrial Agriculture With Sabotage And Weapons---This Is War!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pandemonicpixie]

People will start changing... yeah, fucking right. People will never change.

[@telx2010]

It's all a big money making con job, the climate will always change.

[@Qwairy]

So in a 100 years these place will be arid tbh

[@ericcook5416]

False. Humans are doing whatever they are going to say is happening.

[@jlo9165]

They should enlist the help of the farmers or the weed growers to help protect the reservation for example trade certain amount of land or allow them to cultivate what they want on it for their enlistment into the ranger service and protect the remaining land.

[@GabrielPereira-kz2el]

#legalize_Brasil

[@mjturner916]

😢

[@fahhcue850]

Better get used to seeing forest and wildlife species alike dropping off. As long as people worldwide keep breeding like rabbits it’s only going to grow, while resources like clean water and food become less and less..Eventually everything will become unstable. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Hate to see what things look like in another 50 years.. 🤦🏻‍♂️🙄

[@SuperVinod7]

Govt's & Business people only look for money 💵 💰 💸 what they invest.. But Nature as its own way to give back Hard life to People if we don't care... Investing in Forest it's like investing in Health of the Nation & Health is Wealth.. #ShriKrishna save this Beautiful Earth 🌎..

[@SaulHoodman]

campasinos es bueno

[@ricardodsavant2965]

I grow my own weed.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

That's what it do old timer!

[@ricardodsavant2965]

@@jonmacdonald5345 - 🤘

[@jonmacdonald5345]

@@ricardodsavant2965 Fire up one of those bad boys for me now would ya

[@ricardodsavant2965]

@@jonmacdonald5345 - I will. Happy New Year...🥳

[@jonmacdonald5345]

@@ricardodsavant2965 thank you you as well you as well💪

[@gilmore6168]

Ms. Paraguay do your thing

[@dryze8884]

Easy for us privilaged first world countries to look down on poor farmers literally doing the only thing they know how to do to survive and make money. The corporations destoying most of the world are from our own countries and I garuantee many of you unknowingly support them when buying your luxury goods to live a comfortable life watching TV and watching videos on KZbin. Easy to point fingers at everyone else but ourselves. We need to be willing to give up some of our luxuries and take away power from big business which strengthen our own domestic economies.

[@g.i.wingnut740]

You could start a trend by example. I bet you can't give up Ewe Toob or TV.

[@18booma]

@@g.i.wingnut740 Yes, giving up KZbin is going to help against the deforestation in Paraguay. I think people need to start understanding that it's not individual change that's going to make a difference. We need to organize and build political parties that will challenge the Capitalist ruling class. The working class has the numbers, but we're not standing together to fight against the greed. It doesn't help a few of us give up watching tv or eating beef. We need collective action to empower the working class and more evenly distribute the decision making power. The rich aren't going to stop burning the planet for profit out of the kindness of their hearts. We, the working class, need to stand together to gain political power against these mass abusers.

[@g.i.wingnut740]

@@18booma this may seem off topic, but, it's painfully obvious to me that you and most of the other folks in here have never heard of Yuri Besmonov. All of you need to go listen to the warnings he gave the US and the rest of the world.

[@18booma]

@@g.i.wingnut740 He's pretty obviously not a fan of Marxism, but he sounds like a regular capitalist propagandist to me. He didn't once show a link between socialist theory and the violent acts. He only gave examples where socialists were also militarists. I can do the same for capitalistic countries. "You won't believe the truth, even if I took you to a sweatshop in the USA, you will say it isn't so. You will see with your own eyes, people working in dangerous conditions for less than a living wage and you won't believe me." Difference is, I can show you a link between the capitalist system and terrible work conditions. But you can't show me a link between Marxism and militancy. That's because militancy isn't exclusive to communist/socialist states. I mean, you have concentration camps in America right now, and as far as I know America is kinda capitalistic.

[@g.i.wingnut740]

@@18booma funny you should bring up sweatshops in the US. There's also a lot of other forms of Human Trafficking in America as well. Forced Panhandling, Prostitution, Nail Salons and the list continues. How do I know these things? I am a trained Advocate Against Human Trafficking. If you will look at who is behind it, you will always find greedy people, Opportunitists. That's different than Capitalism. If you actually listen to the complete interview, you will hear Yuri's full story. But, you are probably to young to have any reference point for what he has to say.

[@konnipofe]

In all the places where American "climate change warriors" show up, wildfires suddenly break out.

[@ninamartin1084]

Yeah and the landscape gets all denuded. Crazy huh do you think there's a connection?

[@MartinLichtblau]

Corruption 🤑!

[@jwiggs5140]

Watching this video after the Colorado wildfires... Colorado and California have been dealing with wildfires and are the 2 main states that chose to legalize and grow weed in the US earlier than other states... Interesting to say the least 🤔

[@stewartdevisser3818]

Well we better do something about soy and climate change ;p

[@MeanGeneSanDiego]

Stop eating meat...

[@paulsmith7579]

@@MeanGeneSanDiego yes and stop eating soy too.

[@stewartdevisser3818]

@@MeanGeneSanDiego I was a vegan for about a year to lose weight. During this time I went down the rabbit hole as well, but when you look at it from both sides of the spectrum you learn there is nothing wrong with being a meat eater it even has many advantages. Factory farming presents numerous amounts of issues but we all have the choice on how and where we spend our dollar and thats far better then any vote or comment you can make and a better use of your time. So my advice take it or not is go and find something more personally beneficial to do maybe weights or go for a run or go outside and enjoy nature, find something more constructive to do with your day. And after that go enjoy a good steak dinner you'll feel amazing.

[@PG-3462]

@@MeanGeneSanDiego The best is to reduce drastically meat consumption, but not necessarily to our eliminate consumption at 100%. Why? Because we as humans only eat the soy beans, which only represent a small fraction of the total weight of the plant. If we were all 100% vegan, plant agriculture would generate huge amounts of trash which would need to be burned by farmers... The most efficient and sustainable way of doing agriculture would be to keep the soy beans for human consumption and to give the rest of the plant to herbivore farm animals like cows, sheeps and goats. And this is without taking into account that countries that are very cold, arid or mountainous are simply not suitable to grow cereals. Grazing animals are more efficient in those countries

[@PTG833]

My parents are both born n raised in Paraguay I'm born in the US but if there's so much weed next thing they need to do is grow good high THC level weed it's all shitty brick weed out here no sour diesel no gorilla glue. There stuck in 1997 with smartphone

[@shaf60]

You are all pointing the finger at each other. and when it's all gone and you're scratching your head the only one that will be pointing his finger will be God . 🌎

[@butterchuggins5409]

God doesn't have fingers. He has tentacles.

[@18booma]

"The soybean export market is largely dominated by multinationals (Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge Limited, etc.) and therefore benefits few Paraguayans. Export companies and landowners pay little tax." - Paraguay's Wikipedia page. Any time there's a massive injustice like this, you can almost certainly find rich people at the helm, paying off politicians to look the other way. Organize with a party that will do away with corporate interests and you'll find a much healthier country. It's not about pointing fingers. It's about finding where the issues are sourced and doing something about it.

[@papimew2672]

“Idk you tell me” her after saying that 🐶👺

[@paulsmith7579]

@Ak explain why?

[@insomniacresurrected1000]

Don’t eat soy, grow your weed.

[@MeanGeneSanDiego]

Soy is for cattle feed.🙄

[@dncviorel]

@@grapesurgeon main food for cattle, as said above. Only a fraction goes to human consumption.

[@nudetaynehatwobble]

*Nice fear porn*

[@edwardfranco5127]

Don't worry when they see the next tornado wipe out a whole state and people are going to understand climate change really USA the sad part is it takes 30 to 40 years if you would do anything towards climate change to see the results. Good luck and good night.

[@edwardfranco5127]

@HunterBidensCrackPipe I lived in Netherlands Colorado Canyon Road 119 we used to get snow. Refuse every hour Lake Eldora Ski Resort it's 5 minutes away up in the Rocky Mountains where I was living the driveway was like almost a half a mile you get a fee to snow only thing you got his snowshoes or cross-country skis but the town people they would have it all plowed before the morning sun 3 inch away from my car my cousin's car

[@slowliving2041]

Teach permaculture, organic, regenerative farming to people so that they can live with nature side by side.

[@paulsmith7579]

Farming is a business designed to make money. It is not a philanthropic endeavour. You can teach whatever you want but it won't matter if the sums don't show the same profits.

[@alexandersillan8139]

People suck…

[@My2cents.]

Narrative of Self is the result of a feedback loop between “Separate Self” & Cosmos. 🎈

[@Bestwick1983]

Spotted the soy guzzling stoner.

[@Bestwick1983]

Soy boy stoners gonna be piiiiiissed!

[@g.i.wingnut740]

LMFAO

[@theealbeezy]

How does weed destroy a forest??

[@theealbeezy]

@F. Friedrich Kling Hauss Excellent good to know 👍

[@haketheflake2688]

bro its gonna happen either way lol, people needa feed their families

[@paulsmith7579]

Paraguay is twice the size of the UK with 10% of the population. If you think that this happens out of necessity you didn't pay attention to the whole video and you don't understand the issues.

[@tecrayshawnjohnson7451]

Paraguay? More like ParaGAY af

[@jjsaint4697]

I hate how they blame weed for everything. if it wasn't for weed we wouldn't be getting held. it's a gift from god

[@TheSapphireLeo]

#BoycottColonizers!

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Your internet was brought to you by colonizers hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha

[@AKu-xs5vg]

@@jonmacdonald5345 3/4 of the world's resources and all they got in return was a shitty e-library (which doesn't even work right because of the profit motive)?

[@user-sc5we4bg9q]

Hmm soy. No wonder men are declining in quality

[@dncviorel]

soy for cow meat

[@bziganti]

Rich white countries telling poor developing countries "no you need to keep your habitat intact for us"

[@senhordosmanes1618]

They ve enriched themselves by destroying their forests and now they re telling us to be underdeveloped forever and keep our forests totally intact so they can come and visit this tropical paradise

[@aviendha1154]

Did neither of you watch the video? Their trying to prevent the same things that happened in their country (without their consent governments and companies destroy forrests, ordinary people don't) from happening elsewhere.

[@Bestwick1983]

@@aviendha1154 Stop. You're making too much sense.

[@paulsmith7579]

@@senhordosmanes1618 no that is not what is happening.

[@PG-3462]

Paraguay's population is almost entirely European descendants.

[@thereal6131]

Laurel chor ? Where’s Isobel yeung? WE WANT ISOBEL YEUNG Laurel did a good job but I want my Isobel back!

[@Bestwick1983]

They are both insufferable.

[@R2-D2_187]

Stavite Bađunka za rendžera!!

[@johnduddy2359]

Take that soyboys!

[@dncviorel]

soy is for cows

[@DTA-me3kv]

If you just start planting marijuana everywhere you wouldn't have these issues.. at least not with the weed dealers. Just saying. Buy 1000000 seeds and get to work

[@yessica5231]

I thought stoners were supposed to be chill, y'all contributing to climate change :(

[@1nsaniel]

Don't equate stoners to drug traffickers

[@A3Kr0n]

As long as I'm not making baby carbon footprints that pollute the future I can do whatever I want, which is not much.

[@mcnally211]

I think the solution you are looking for is to legalize all drugs, regulate, tax, harm reduction programs. + also all those plants are sucking up carbon.

[@MeanGeneSanDiego]

Eating beef is far worse.🙄

[@9Risky]

“Congrats to everyone who is early and who found this comment”

[@FussyPickles]

Thanks Covid!

[@StopListenThink]

I pass this test because I have less Neanderthal genes

[@thereal6131]

*The new dangerous threat;* _marijuana_ GASP

[@ProfessorHoffman]

I mean, it is a problem when you're clearing land to plant weed

[@jeffb.140]

Don't be a stoned soy boy .. Eat meat, drink beer and thereby save the rainforest!

[@aljohnson2838]

Beer takes hops fields don't it?

[@CheesyChez421]

Smooth brain spotted

[@HollisPresnell]

Ignoramus.

[@ryanhowser5908]

Also one of the big drivers of the deforestation is beef production, so eat pork or something lol

[@1nsaniel]

Soy is used mostly by the cattle industry, so your suggestion still doesn't save the rainforest

[@thomaschapman5282]

Thanks for yesterday and today.☝️on youtube, you are the best thanks for always being there to save me from financial troubles

[@ahmadjanami6696]

Cosmic and Covidious War from Allah.. Imam Nasser Mohammed Al-Yamani 07- Jumada I -1443 AH 11-12-2021 AD