I think you are underestimating the scale of our cattle. The majority of deforestation is due to cattle [1]. The world is basically dominated by us and our catt

I think you are underestimating the scale of our cattle. The majority of deforestation is due to cattle [1]. The world is basically dominated by us and our cattle [2] leading to massive losses in biodiversity [3]. If everyone in the world would eat the recommended USDA diet (mostly backed by industry and totally not healthy for you) we'd need another Canada to sustain us all [4]. By the way, most of the grasslands are man-made and we should try and reforest those areas to combat losses in biodiversity and climate collapse. Furthermore about a third of all fresh drinking water (not rainwater) is used for cattle [5]. [1]: https://rainforests.mongabay.com/0812.htm https://rainforests.mongabay.com/0812.htm / https://scholar.google.nl/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=deforestation+due+to+cattle&btnG= https://scholar.google.nl/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=defor... [2]: http://peakoilbarrel.com/carrying-capacity-overshoot-and-species-extinction/ http://peakoilbarrel.com/carrying-capacity-overshoot-and-spe... [3]: https://www.ipbes.net/news/Media-Release-Global-Assessment https://www.ipbes.net/news/Media-Release-Global-Assessment [4]: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200781#sec007 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... [5]: http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/02/18/4-billion-people-face-water-scarcity/ http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/02/18/4-billion-people-...