Fig. 1: Spatially explicit virtual water flows linking local production sites with traders and importers.
From: International corporations trading Brazilian soy are keystone actors for water stewardship
Sub-national and company-specific virtual water flows (m3) of soybean products from Brazilian municipalities to top importer countries in 2018. The bubble size on the map represents for each country the total traced incoming virtual water volume from all the exporting companies. The colours and the size of the edges identify the trading company and the weight of each virtual water flow leaving the Brazilian municipality. Only the edges associated with the top-nine trading companies are shown. The bottom legend shows also the companies' share of the total virtual water import by each country in 2018.
