Insights and Stories on Deforestation

Brazil farmer lobby asks to lift soybean ban from deforested Amazon rainforest

Dec. 11, 2024 at 4:48 pm CST

A farmers' lobby in Brazil is seeking to end a two-decade-long agreement that forbids grain traders from buying soybeans from farms on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest, claiming the deal has created an uneven playing field.

Brazilian state launches mandatory tracking of cattle to stop deforestation

Dec. 1, 2023 at 9:52 am CST

By Ana Mano 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

Brazil Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high

Nov. 18, 2019 at 2:17 pm CST

By Marcelo Teixeira

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 […]

By Ana Mano

As Amazon burns, Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfere

Aug. 22, 2019 at 8:01 pm CDT

Brasilia/Sao Paulo | Reuters — Amid growing international criticism over wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday admitted farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest alight but told foreign powers not to interfere. French President Emmanuel Macron and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres both took […]

By Anthony Boadle Stephen Eisenhammer

UN flags need to reduce meat consumption to curb land use impact on global warming

Aug. 8, 2019 at 7:42 pm CDT

London/Geneva | Reuters — Global meat consumption must fall to curb global warming, reduce growing strains on land and water and improve food security, health and biodiversity, a United Nations report on the effects of climate change concluded. Although the report stopped short of explicitly advocating going meat-free, it called […]

By Nina Chestney stephanie-nebehay

Burger King pledges to end deforestation by 2030

Jun. 23, 2017 at 7:41 pm CDT

Rio de Janeiro | Thomson Reuters Foundation — The owner of Burger King has pledged to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains by 2030 but scientists say the company is not moving fast enough to stop its hamburgers from destroying rainforests and the communities who depend on them. Restaurant Brands […]

By Chris Arsenault

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