Tropical deforestation for land conversion to agriculture is a known problem. Through a novel method which maps changes in biodiversity in production areas, researchers have highlighted the impacts of Brazilian soy exports to Germany. In many parts of the world, expansion of agricultural land is a key driver of habitat and biodiversity loss. Internationally traded crops, therefore, have ecological impacts beyond the country in which they are consumed. Combining data on trade, land cover and biodiversity, researchers have developed a new way of explicitly linking imports to effects in the areas of production. Click here to read more