We must not barter the Amazon rainforest for burgers and steaks
The EU-Mercosur trade deal is good news for Brazil’s huge beef industry but devastating for the rainforest and environment.The Guardian, 02 July 2019
Brazil, Beef, deforestation, mercosur trade deal, beef trade
Mercosur Agreement: the EU Turned a Blind Eye to the Concerning Situation in Brazil
By signing a trade agreement with the South American trade bloc Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay), the European Union has missed a chance to stand firm on European principles. Slow Food Europe regrets that the main concerns, earlier expressed by more than 300 organizations over the deteriorating human rights and environmental situation in Brazil, have been ignored.Slow Food, 01 July 2019
Europe, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Beef, deforestation, mercosur trade deal, beef trade
South America gives mixed response to EU trade deal
The trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur trade bloc has been greeted with anger by Irish beef farmers, but there has been no corresponding euphoria from Latin American competitors.Irish Times, 01 July 2019
Europe, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Beef, EU trade deal, beef trade deal, mercosur deal
Trade war risks instability and deforestation in Latin America
The latest round of tariff hikes in the ongoing US-China trade war could have far-reaching impacts not only for major soy exporters Brazil and Argentina, but throughout the whole of Latin America.The Brazilian Report, 26 June 2019
Brazil, China, Soy, trade war
More sustainable, more resilient, and more of it: Rabobank on growth in soy
Food Navigator, 25 June 2019
Brazil, Soy, sustainable soy production
Europe’s Food Imports Devour Rain Forests
Human appetites drive global rainforest destruction. Now science has measured how Europe’s food imports leave scorched tropical soils and greenhouse gases.Good Men Project, 20 June 2019
Brazil, Indonesia, Beef, Soy, Palm Oil, deforestation
EU urged to stop Mercosur trade talks over Brazilian deforestation
Food Navigator, 20 June 2019
Europe, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Beef, deforestation
Nestlé talks challenges in sustainable soy: Complex supply chains and legal deforestation
Food Navigator, 20 June 2019
Brazil, Argentina, Soy,
Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) to Host Latin American Beef Sustainability Summit
The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) along with Arcos Dorados (world’s largest independent McDonald’s franchisee), GTPS, and with support from the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock, will host a Latin American Sustainable Beef Summit July 10-12, 2019 in São Paulo, Brazil.Perishable News, 19 June 2019
Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Beef, GRSB
Cargill calls for better cooperation to protect forests
Cargill is investing $ 30 million to stop deforestation, according to a recent blog post from company chairman and CEO David MacLennan. And the CEO is asking other companies to also take action. The announcement comes nearly 5 years after Cargill signed the New York Declaration on Forests at the United Nations Climate Summit. With this, Cargill would do its part in slowing, halting and reversing global forest loss, while enhancing food security for all.All About Feed, 19 June 2019
Indonesia, Brazil, Palm Oil, corporate responsibility, cargill
Our consumer habits are driving primates extinct
Forests are cut down to make way for palm oil plantations in countries like Malaysia and Indonesia where orangutans once thrived but are now increasingly endangered. In countries like Brazil, meanwhile, the Amazon’s forests are routinely cut to make way for pastures for beef cattle or convert them into agricultural land to grow food for export.Sustainability Times, 19 June 2019
Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, Palm Oil, primate, wildlife, deforestation
Environmentalists put more pressure on Cargill to slow forest-to-farm movement in Brazil
Environmental groups want the Minnetonka, Minn.-based grain trader and food processor to intervene in the clearing of habitats in the Cerrado region of central and southern Brazil, particularly for soybean production, as it did previously in the Amazon region in that country's north.Phys.org, 16 June 2019
Brazil, Soy, cerrado, native vegetation
Cargill pledges more cash to fight deforestation after admitting industry target unlikely to be met
US agri-food giant Cargillhas admitted that a goal to end deforestation by 2020 is unlikely to succeed.Just-Food, 14 June 2019
Brazil, Soy, cerrado
IFA requests Taoiseach’s assistance on Mercosur deal intervention
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been asked to intervene “at the highest levels in Brussels” to stop an EU/Mercosur trade deal.Agri Land, 13 June 2019
Ireland, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Beef, mercosur trade deal, IFA
Financial measures to support deforestation-free sustainable agriculture: RTRS conference highlights and Cargill pledges
The Roundtable on Responsible Soy (RTRS) annual two-day conference took place earlier this week at the headquarters of Rabobank in Utrecht; the focus again was on boosting demand for responsible soy, but also on what financial markets can do in this respect.Feed Navigator, 13 June 2019
Brazil, Soy, RTRS, sustainable soy
UK supermarkets implicated in Amazon deforestation supply chain
A report from the UK organization Earthsight finds that UK supermarket chains — including Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons and Lidl — are still importing corned beef from Brazil’s largest beef producer, JBS, despite the company being implicated in a long string of corruption and illegal deforestation scandals over the last decade.Mongabay, 13 June 2019
Brazil, United Kingdom, Beef, Brazil, south america, Beef, UK
Eating eggs, pork, and chicken in Europe increases deforestation in Brazil
Environmental organization Greenpeace allerted on Tuesday, June 11th, that eating eggs, chicken or pork in Europe increases deforestation in Brazil and Argentina.Rio Times Online, 13 June 2019
Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Paraguay, Uruguay, Soy, deforestation
RSPO Releases Industry-First 'Decent Living Wage' Guidance for Oil Palm Workers
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in collaboration with the Labour Task Force (LTF) launched a first-of-its-kind guidance document for the oil palm industry on the payment of a ‘Decent Living Wage’ (DLW), adopted from the Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC) Methodology, to determine the DLW in RSPO certified units for all workers.Mongabay, 13 June 2019
Indonesia, Malaysia, Ghana, Brazil, Colombia, Palm Oil, CGF, decent living wage
Brazil's President Is Making It Impossible to Fight Deforestation, Activists Say
When Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro came to power last year, he vowed to open up the Amazon rainforest to cattle, mineral, logging, and other industries — and, so far, his policies have exceeded even corporate expectations, according to the environmental news site Mongabay.Global Citizen, 12 June 2019
Brazil, Timber, Soy, Beef, deforestation , Amazon
Brazil's President Is Making It Impossible to Fight Deforestation, Activists Say
In May, deforestation throughout the Amazon rose 34% compared to the year before, the highest level ever recorded, Mongabay reports.Global Citizen, 12 June 2019
Brazil, Soy, Timber, Beef, deforestation
Bolsonaro administration launches operation to tackle illegal logging in the Amazon
Brazil’s environmental protection agency IBAMA has launched its biggest-ever operation to tackle illegal logging that is accelerating Amazon deforestation amid a surge in tree-felling since President Jair Bolsonaro took office.Merco Press , 07 June 2019
Brazil, Timber, Brazil, Illegal logging, Brazilian Amazonia, Bolsonaro, south america
Amazon Deforestation Rising Under Brazil’s Bolsonaro
Last month, the Amazon rainforest in Brazil lost trees at the fastest rate in 10 years. And experts blame activity by illegal loggers, who are helped by the easing of environmental protections under President Jair Bolsonaro.Voice of America , 06 June 2019
Brazil, Timber, illegal timber trade, Bolsonaro, Timber, Beef, Soy, south america, deforestation
Ministry acts on illegal logging claims in Brazil
The environmental authorities have mounted a major operation after satellite evidence of a rise in deforestationDaily Brief, 06 June 2019
Brazil, Timber, Illegal logging, brazilian amazon
Brazil: Is the president now giving a free pass to illegal logging, farming and mining? - Highest monitoring levels ever say 'yes'.
Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon surged last month to the highest May level since the current monitoring method began, prompting concerns that president Jair Bolsonaro is giving a free pass to illegal logging, farming and mining.World Animals Voice, 06 June 2019
Brazil, Timber, Gile National Reserve
Can banks in Beijing stop deforestation in the Amazon?
New report calls for a rethink from financial institutions as deforestation linked to Chinese soy imports increases.Dialogo Chino , 04 June 2019
Brazil, China, Soy, Brazilian Amazonia, Beef, China, deforestation, Brazil, south america