Insights and Stories on Amazon

Soy traders push to weaken ban on buying from deforested Amazon

Dec. 5, 2024 at 9:55 am CST

Multinational grains traders operating in Brazil are seeking to weaken an agreement that forbids buying soybeans from farms on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest, environmental advocates involved in the discussions said on Wednesday

River level at Amazon rainforest port hits 122-year low amid drought

Oct. 4, 2024 at 11:52 am CDT

By Bruno Kelly Jake Spring Reuters

Brazil tells landowners to stop setting fires in Amazon ‘climate emergency’

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:48 pm CDT

By Reuters

Brazil’s JBS bought 301,000 cattle from ‘irregular’ farms in Amazon, audit finds

Oct. 7, 2021 at 4:12 pm CDT

By Ana Mano

JBS pledges net zero greenhouse emissions by 2040

Mar. 23, 2021 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Ana Mano Nayara Figueiredo

JBS vows to monitor whole cattle supply chain’s impact on Amazon

Sep. 23, 2020 at 3:20 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s top meatpacker, said Wednesday it plans to combat destruction in the Amazon by monitoring its entire supply chain for deforestation by 2025, as pressure mounts from environmentalists and investors. Brazilian meatpackers are facing increasing criticism that beef production is fueling deforestation […]

By roberto-samora

Brazil Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high

Nov. 18, 2019 at 2:17 pm CST

Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil | Reuters — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on Monday showed, confirming a sharp increase under the leadership of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. The data from Brazil’s INPE space research agency, which showed […]

By Marcelo Teixeira

Brazil farmers push traders to end Amazon soy moratorium

Nov. 6, 2019 at 9:35 am CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Brazilian farmers plan to start a campaign next week to end a ban by trading firms on buying soybeans from parts of the Amazon rainforest cleared after 2008, leaders from a major farmer group told Reuters, citing support from President Jair Bolsonaro. The push to end traders’ […]

By roberto-samora

South America fires could disrupt its farm belt’s rainfall

Oct. 9, 2019 at 4:43 pm CDT

Santa Cruz | Reuters — Forest fires that swept across Bolivia and Brazil this year could disrupt rainfall distribution across South America’s grains-and-beef producing regions in unpredictable ways for years to come, a scientist and meteorologist said. Recent rains in both countries have helped put out the wildfires, which were […]

By Monica Machicao

Brazil’s JBS says it uses satellites to monitor cattle suppliers

Aug. 29, 2019 at 7:23 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — The world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA is closely monitoring the origin of the cattle it buys in Brazil amid heightened concerns about environmental preservation and sustainable business practices, its CEO said Wednesday. Speaking at an industry event in Sao Paulo, JBS CEO Gilberto Tomazoni said […]