Brazilian slaughterhouses fail to fully meet first deadline for stopping Amazon deforestation
In a meeting on April 5th with Greenpeace, the major slaughterhouses of Brazil — including JBS/Bertin, Marfrig and Minerva — showed insufficient progress to comply with the first step in the Zero Deforestation Agreement they signed six months ago. Each of the companies reaffirmed their commitment to stopping deforestation of the Amazon by cattle ranchers, however, and asked for more time in order to be in compliance with the agreement. Smoke from manmade forest fires deliberately set to clear land for cattle and farming rises above the Amazon.© Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá
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Amazon Gets a Break from Cattle Industry
A major victory has been won for climate and forest protection. Four of the largest players in the global cattle industry joined forces to ban the purchase of cattle from newly deforested areas of the Brazilian Amazon from their supply chains. This fabulous news follows Greenpeace’s call for zero deforestation in the rainforest.
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Leather industry giant moves to end Amazon destruction
Bertin, the world’s largest leather exporter, is joining the fight against deforestation and climate change by finally doing the right thing and backing the call for a moratorium on buying cattle from farms responsible for Amazon deforestation. Jacutinga farm, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Cattle loading to Marfrig slaughterhouse at Tangar. © Ricardo Funari / Lineair
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