Fig. 6: Beef production and supply chain performance in 2017.
From: International reliance on Brazil’s water through soy and beef supply chains
Beef production performance below (A) and above (B) the 80th percentile of municipalities producing beef with the largest deforestation footprint in 2017 and their corresponding water use performance above and below the 80th percentile of municipalities with the largest water footprints (as “below” and “above”) together with their relative water scarcity footprint (“lower impact”, “higher impact”). Beef water scarcity footprint in 2017 with hotspot municipalities supplying 0.144 Mt CW to China (C) and 0.0327 Mt CW to the EU (D) (with striped, blue outline). See Supplementary Figs. 16 and 17 for 2015 and 2016. See Fig. 4 for river basin boundaries.
