The import of soya feed for meat production results in a number of negative impacts in producer countries, first and foremost the destruction of ecosystems with the associated release of CO2 and the loss of their biodiversity. In Austria, a large part of the soya imports is produced in Brazil and Argentina. As part of the UniNEtZ mentorship of SDG 15 (for further information on UniNEtZ see: https://www.uninetz.at/) a bachelor thesis at the Institute of Forest Ecology on the calculation of the biodiversity footprint of Austrian soy feed imports from Argentina is to be assigned.
Contact person: Sophia-Marie Rammler sophia-marie.rammler@boku.ac.at