The Independent of the UK reports that over 50% of Brazil’s Cerrado wilderness has been lost due to cattle farming and related agriculture, such as soy bean farms being planted to feed livestock in Europe and China, with World Wildlife Fund encouraging reducing meat consumption to
protect the environment.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/britains-taste-for-cheap-food-thats-killing-brazils-
other-wilderness-2266062.html

Scientists of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada warn that the mountain pine beetle, which due to conditions of climate change has destroyed pristine forests in the west of the country, has now been found to be spreading and could reach forests on the Atlantic coast. http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/20110406/SAG0804/304069983/mountain-pine-beetle-
jumps-to-jack-pine
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/destructive-beetle-imperils-canadas-eastern-forests-
2265927.html