(UPI) – Consumption of wild animal meat by communities in the Amazon region and sub-Saharan Africa produces lower greenhouse gas emissions than eating beef or poultry, a study published Thursday by Scientific Reports found.
Wild meat consumption by residents of communities in the Amazon jungle – primarily Brazil, Ecuador and Peru – and Afrotropical forest, which covers most of Africa and parts of the Arabian peninsula, would cut up to roughly 78 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, the data showed.
This is compared to emission levels if these communities relied on meat from livestock sources, including cows and chickens.
