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Brazil on the wrong track

A photograph of the Amazon. In the middle runs a path, on the left the trees were cut down, on the right not.

To protect tropical forests in Brazil, commodities traders have made voluntary commitments to avoid buying soybeans grown in areas that have recently been deforested. Two new studies reveal just how inadequate these guidelines are in protecting Brazil from deforestation and assess the potential effect of implementing the commitments on a much larger scale.

28.10.2022