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Monday, September 15, 2025
Brazil's JBS expands cattle tracking efforts in Pará's Amazon region
JBS, the world's largest meat producer, has distributed 123,765 ear tags to enable individual cattle tracking in Brazil's Pará state, signaling a potential milestone in the fight against Amazon deforestation.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Environmental groups condemn laws threatening soy moratorium in Brazil's Amazon
Dozens of environmental non-profits issued a manifesto criticising new legislation in Brazilian states that threatens the Amazon soy moratorium, a voluntary agreement aimed at curbing deforestation caused by soybean production.
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Amazon boss invests US$9.4 million in methane emission research for livestock
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has pledged $9.4 million through the Bezos Earth Fund to advance research aimed at significantly reducing methane emissions from cattle.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Climate imbalance from deforestation costs Amazon soy and corn production US$1.03 billion
Deforestation in the Amazon has led to significant climate imbalance, resulting in a US$1.03 billion loss in soy and corn production between 2006 and 2019, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Federal University of Min ...
Monday, October 16, 2023
Brazil's corn exports under threat from choking rivers in Amazon
A severe drought choking major rivers in the Amazon rainforest has disrupted ship traffic in Brazil near the region's biggest city and pushed up costs for northern shipping routes.
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Aviagen Latin America reaffirms commitment to JBS Fund for the Amazon
Aviagen® Latin America has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental sustainability by announcing support for the JBS Fund for the Amazon.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Aviagen Latin America reaffirms commitment to JBS Fund for the Amazon
Aviagen® Latin America has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental sustainability by announcing support for the JBS Fund for the Amazon.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
CJ Selecta accelerates efforts to stop Amazon deforestation
CJ Selecta, a Brazil-based soy protein concentrate (SPC) producer and a subsidiary of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang, announced that it would no longer purchase any soybeans from the Amazon rainforest starting this year.
Monday, January 17, 2022
Report claims Cargill still sources soy, corn from farm linked to Amazon deforestation
Cargill is still buying soy and corn from a farm linked to deforestation in the Amazon, despite having pledged to clean up its global supply chains, according to an investigate report.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Aviagen Latin America invests in JBS Fund for the Amazon
Aviagen Latin America has announced that it will contribute R$1.5 million (US$288,949) to the JBS Fund for the Amazon, Aviagen said on September 9.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Brazilian soy farmers group splits from Brazil Agribusiness Association over Amazon deforestation issue
Aprosoja, Brazil's biggest soy farmers lobby group has left the Brazil Agribusiness Association (Abag) because of the latter's support for an initiative requesting the Brazilian government to stop increased Amazon rainforest deforestation, ...
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Soybean factory expands in Brazil's Amazon
As the COVID-19 outbreak reaches deep into Brazil's Amazon, a continuous stream of trucks has been transporting soybeans and construction workers to an expanding port complex in the middle of the forest, Reuters reported.
Friday, June 5, 2020
Brazil meatpackers buy cattle linked to Amazon deforestation
Advocacy group Greenpeace Brasil published a report on Thursday alleging JBS SA, Marfrig and Minerva of buying thousands of cattle linked to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest since 2018, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Brazil may penalise beef producers buying Amazon cattle
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Brazil's supermarkets to stop stocking Amazon beef
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