Green groups decry plan to list world’s biggest meatpacking company on NYSE
Critics fear decision to list Brazil-based firm JBS, long linked to Amazon’s deforestation, will add to the climate crisis Environmental groups are outraged that the...
Category : Cattle
Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for damage to Amazon
Brazil court freezes assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay climate compensation for illegal deforestation A Brazilian cattle rancher has been ordered to pay more than...
Cattle, not coca, drive deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia – report
Authorities have blamed the growing of coca – the base ingredient of cocaine – for clearcutting, but a recent study shows otherwise Cattle-ranching, not cocaine,...
Leading grain traders ‘sourcing soy beans from Brazilian farm linked to abuse’
Bunge and Cargill, behind more than 30% of soy exports to EU and UK, accused of exposing suppliers to link with indigenous rights violations Two...
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute Pristine rainforests...
