Ministry acts on illegal logging claims in Brazil
The environmental authorities have mounted a major operation after satellite evidence of a rise in deforestation.Daily Brief , 02 June 2019
Brazil, Timber, illegal timber trade
New approaches to root out the drivers of illegal logging and deforestation
CIFOR is exploring both avenues through research and engagement, identifying the true drivers of illegal logging and deforestation and working with the people who stand to lose their trees – and their livelihoods.Cifor Annual Report , 01 June 2019
Brazil, Soy, Brazil
The Amazon Rain Forest Burns Again
The election of Jair Bolsonaro, a regulation-hating populist with a big following in Brazil’s farm country, was supposed to trigger a surge in deforestation of the Amazon. Five months into his presidency, there are essentially no signs of any such pickup. If anything, the numbers are down.Bloomberg , 30 May 2019
Brazil, Beef, Brazil
FSC disassociates from Jari Group
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has disassociated from the Brazilian forestry company, Jari Group, after a proactive investigation carried out by an independent panel of environmental, social and economic experts concluded that the company had breached FSC’s Policy for Association.Lesprom, 30 May 2019
Brazil, Timber, FSC
Aldi beefs up soy sourcing policy
Discount supermarket retailer Aldi will ensure all the soy in its supply chain will be sustainably sourced by 2025, it announced yesterday.Business Green, 29 May 2019
United Kingdom, Brazil, Soy, Aldi Supermarket, Sourcing policy
Why the US–China trade war spells disaster for the Amazon
An analysis of global soya-bean production forecasts massive deforestation in Brazil — stakeholders must act fast to prevent it, warn Richard Fuchs and colleagues.Nature, 27 May 2019
China, Brazil, United States, Soy, trade war, Amazon
New report examines drivers of rising Amazon deforestation on country-by-country basis
A new report examines the “unchecked development” in the Amazon that has driven deforestation rates to near-record levels throughout the world’s largest tropical forest.Mongabay, 23 May 2019
Brazil, Soy, Beef
Brazilian indigenous peoples propose boycott
Coalition of indigenous groups calls for boycott of companies that invade and exploit protected Brazilian lands.Ecologist, 16 May 2019
Brazil, Beef, Brazil
Fears over rising violence in Amazon as 'forest guardians' battle logging
Following traditional rituals, indigenous chief Olimpio Santos Guajajara paints his face with red dye from urucum seeds as he prepares to go on patrol to protect Brazil’s Amazon rainforestReuters, 13 May 2019
Brazil, Beef, Brazil
Bolsonaro’s plan to unlock the Amazon: split its indigenous peoples
Congress is blocking Brazil’s leader from expanding farming on indigenous lands, now he is making alliances with some traditional landowners.Climate Home News , 13 May 2019
Brazil, Beef, Brazil
Corned beef being sourced from company linked to Amazon destruction
Friends of the Earth has traced supermarket corned beef to a meat company accused of violating rainforest-protection laws.Friends of The Earth, 10 May 2019
Brazil, Beef, Brazil
Pressure mounts on EU to curb Brazilian deforestation, human rights abuses
Concern is rising among Brazilian socioenvironmental NGOs and internationally over the new threats to indigenous people and rising deforestation seen under President Jair Bolsonaro — his administration completed its first 100 days in office in April.Mongabay, 09 May 2019
Brazil, Beef, Amazon
Brazil led world in rainforest losses in 2018 despite decline from 2017
Research group says.Fiji Times, 04 May 2019
Brazil, Beef, Brazil, Timber, Beef
Brazil led world in rainforest losses in 2018 despite decline from 2017: research group
Fiji Times, 04 May 2019
Brazil, Soy, deforestation
THE EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL NEGOTIATIONS – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. The aim of these negotiations is to make a free trade deal and strengthen economic ties between the region and the European Union.
The EU’s trade negotiations with the Mercosur states – Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay – have been going on for over two decades.EU-Policies, 04 May 2019
Brazil, Europe, Argentina, Venezuela, Paraguay, Uruguay, Soy, Mercosur, trade deal
Tracking China's soy footprint in Brazil
Chinese imports of Brazilian soy were linked to the deforestation of 233,000 hectares between 2013 and 2017, according to new research of production chains by monitoring project Trase. The extend of deforestation is equivalent to an area two times the size of New York City.The Brazilian, 26 April 2019
China, Brazil, Soy, deforestation, soy import
Europe is contributing to widespread deforestation in Brazil, say scientists
A coalition of more than 600 scientists in the EU, and 300 Brazilian indigenous groups have accused the European Commission of contributing to widespread deforestation in Brazil, which is exacerbating climate change and fuelling human rights violations., 25 April 2019
Brazil, Europe, Soy, Beef, The Irish Times
China's Green Investments Won't Undo Its Environmental Damage to Latin America
While solar panels, electric buses, and wind turbines emerge, fossil fuel usage and demand for commodities continue to degrade Latin America’s environment.Council on Foreign Relations, 25 April 2019
China, Brazil, Soy, green investment, environmental damage
Amazon deforestation: EU firms linked to illegal logging in Brazil
An organic smoothie producer and a boutique fashion store are among Western businesses whose supply chains are tainted by illegal deforestation in Bolsonaro's Brazil.DW, 25 April 2019
Brazil, Europe, Beef, Soy, Timber, Amazon
Bolsonaro Took Aim at China. Then Reality Struck.
Jair Bolsonaro talked tough on China during his campaign, but his tone has changed now that he’s in office. Deep business ties help explain why. He warned that China was acquiring too much control over Brazil’s niobium, an obscure but valuable mineral that can be added to steel to make it lighter and more resistant. Pedro Cervi, a 55-year-old agronomist from Curitiba in southern Brazil, has since the early 1990s owned 28,000 hectares of land in a booming northeast region of Brazil best known as Matopiba. Cervi, who grows maize, cotton and above all soy, exports 80 percent of his harvest to China, with produce carried by trailers up from his farm to the port of São Luis in Maranhão state. “China is really important for Brazil, especially on these new frontiers,” he told AQ.Industry Daily Observer, 23 April 2019
China, Brazil, Soy, trade agreement
Western Industrial Farming Is Eating Our Forests and Accelerating Climate Change
A new scientific study by a team of European scientists reveals that the biggest cause of deforestation is industrial farming—and the major culprits include some of the most well-known names in Western agribusiness, such as Cargill and Bunge.Vice, 17 April 2019
Brazil, United States, Soy, forest, Climate change
Co-Op plants sustainable soy pledge
Grocery retailer Co-op has promised to improve the sustainability of its soy supplies, this week announcing the purchase of credits from the Roundtable for Responsible Soy (RTRS) to cover all the soy used.Business Green, 05 April 2019
Brazil, Europe, Soy, sustainable soy
Deforestation and Conversion-free Supply Chains: What is Needed Now
Our daily lives pose serious threats to tropical forests and ecosystems. When we eat meat or chocolate or when we use toothpaste or apply makeup, we are using products such as soy and palm oil. These commodities require large areas of land – areas for which tropical forest is often cut or valuable grassland is cleared.IISD, 04 April 2019
Brazil, Soy, Beef, Timber, Palm Oil, deforestation
Brazil soy trade linked to widespread deforestation, carbon emissions
More than 17,000 square kilometers (6,500 square miles) of the Brazilian Cerrado biome’s native vegetation has been cleared for soy plantations in the last 11 years, according to an analysis conducted by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and Global Canopy – two international NGOs.Mongabay, 03 April 2019
Brazil, Soy, deforestation
Deforestation of Amazon rainforest could accelerate as a result of US-China trade war
The US-China trade war could have a dramatic impact on deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, experts warn.Market Business News, 01 April 2019
United States, China, Brazil, Soy, deforestation