The dynamics of beef trade between Brazil and Russia and their environmental implications
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The dynamics of beef trade between Brazil and Russia and their environmental implications. / Schierhorn, Florian; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Kastner, Thomas; Kuemmerle, Tobias; Prishchepov, Alexander; Müller, Daniel.
In: Global Food Security, Vol. 11, 2016, p. 84-92.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The dynamics of beef trade between Brazil and Russia and their environmental implications
AU - Schierhorn, Florian
AU - Meyfroidt, Patrick
AU - Kastner, Thomas
AU - Kuemmerle, Tobias
AU - Prishchepov, Alexander
AU - Müller, Daniel
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Changes in the production or consumption of agricultural commodities in one place can drastically affect land use and the environment elsewhere. We show how changes in beef production and consumption in Russia following the breakdown of the Soviet Union in 1991 contributed to the emergence of a beef trade linkage between Brazil and Russia. We argue that the decline of Russian beef production after 1991, the rebound of domestic consumption since the late 1990s, the global beef trade constellation of the early 2000s, and the booming Brazilian cattle sector during the same periods forged a strong and lasting telecoupling in the beef trade between Brazil and Russia. As a result, Russia became the largest importer of both CO2 and non-CO2 emissions embodied in Brazilian beef exports since the 2000s. Our review exemplifies how the combination of institutional and socioeconomic shocks along with major changes in global markets can couple food systems and redistribute environmental footprints across long distances. Incorporating telecouplings in assessments of sustainable food systems is therefore important.
AB - Changes in the production or consumption of agricultural commodities in one place can drastically affect land use and the environment elsewhere. We show how changes in beef production and consumption in Russia following the breakdown of the Soviet Union in 1991 contributed to the emergence of a beef trade linkage between Brazil and Russia. We argue that the decline of Russian beef production after 1991, the rebound of domestic consumption since the late 1990s, the global beef trade constellation of the early 2000s, and the booming Brazilian cattle sector during the same periods forged a strong and lasting telecoupling in the beef trade between Brazil and Russia. As a result, Russia became the largest importer of both CO2 and non-CO2 emissions embodied in Brazilian beef exports since the 2000s. Our review exemplifies how the combination of institutional and socioeconomic shocks along with major changes in global markets can couple food systems and redistribute environmental footprints across long distances. Incorporating telecouplings in assessments of sustainable food systems is therefore important.
KW - Amazon
KW - Brazil
KW - Emissions
KW - Globalization
KW - Land use change
KW - Telecouplings
U2 - 10.1016/j.gfs.2016.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.gfs.2016.08.001
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84996479929
VL - 11
SP - 84
EP - 92
JO - Global Food Security
JF - Global Food Security
SN - 2211-9124
ER -
ID: 169624537