Impactos econômicos e socioambientais do consumo de carne bovina

Abstract

This monograph aims to analyze how the consumption of meat can impact the natural ecosystems and the lives that inhabit them, as well as the economy in particular. In this way, it is proposed to study one of the sectors identified as the greatest vector of environmental degradation today: livestock. In order to complicate the debate about how anthropic pressures intensify the current ecological crisis, the article was divided into three parts: analyzing the evolution of traditional economic thinking in the environmental sphere and, in counterpoint, the transdisciplinary approach to ecological economics. Then, to know the roots of bovine cattle raising in Brazil and the largest tropical forest in the world, the Amazon, in order to understand how the chain operates nowadays. Finally, the economic, social and environmental implications of large-scale animal husbandry should be set out from a sustainable development perspective, which is aligned with the aim of contributing to increased consumer awareness of their food choices.