Shocking wildfires have been spreading across Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and there are no signs of the fires stopping any time soon.
More than 72,000 fires have been recorded this year, according to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE).The Sun, 21 August 2019
, Beef, Soy, Timber, wildfire, forest fire, Amazon Accelerating deforestation in Brazil endangers EU trade deal
Threats to Amazon rainforest jeopardise European economic accord with Mercosur, which includes ecological commitments.Al Jazeera, 18 July 2019
Brazil, Europe, Palm Oil, Timber, Beef, Soy, deforestation, Amazon EU farm chief struggles to dispel concerns over Mercosur trade deal
The EU’s Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan, sought to address national concerns over the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal during a meeting with the bloc’s 28 farm ministers on Monday (15 July).Euractiv.com, 16 July 2019
Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela, Uruguay, Beef, beef trade, deforestation, Amazon Will exporting beef to China cause deforestation in Bolivia?
The recent Belt and Road Forum in Beijing brought news that Bolivian meat will soon start to be sold in China. The new market will bring opportunity to livestock farmers, but unless they migrate to more sustainable production, serious deforestation may also result. In the last two decades, livestock caused 60% of deforestation in the country – similar to Brazil and Colombia.Dialogo Chino, 05 July 2019
Bolivia, Beef, beef trade, deforestation , Amazon Brazil registers huge spike in Amazon deforestation
The Brazilian Space Agency has released data documenting a massive spike in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Citing figures from June, the agency registered an 88.4% increase over the same month in 2018.DW, 03 July 2019
Brazil, Soy, Beef, deforestation, Amazon 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 50 million hectares destroyed as companies disregard zero deforestation pledge
Four of Australia’s largest banks have helped enable deforestation and environmental abuses in global palm oil supply chains by providing more than $6 billion in financing to some of the sector’s largest and most suspect operators, a new Friends of the Earth Australia (FoE) report has claimed.Ekklesia, 12 June 2019
Australia, , deforestation, zero deforestation pledge, Amazon, Congo Basin 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 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 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 Soy demand pushes agribusiness to the banks of the Amazon
Indigenous people complain of trade route’s disruption and fear migratory pressures and pollutionDialogo Chino, 18 February 2019
Brazil, Soy, Indigenous People, Amazon Bolsonaro government reveals plan to develop the ‘Unproductive Amazon’
The government emphasis has shifted to large-scale infrastructure schemes by which to export soy from the Brazilian interior via new roadsMongabay, 28 January 2019
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