Devastating Amazon forest fires linked to meat industry’s clear-cutting practices
08/10/2021 / By Mary Villareal
Brazilian beef farmers accused of illegal deforestation across legally protected land in the Amazon rainforest were still making their way into global supply chains, including those who served at least two of the world’s biggest meat companies – JBS and Marfrig.
Embargoes imposed by Brazil’s environment agency are intended to penalize landowners and allow illegally cleared forest areas to recover. Meat producers also made commitments not to buy cattle from protected land. JBS and other major Brazilian meat producers have made commitments not to buy cattle from protected land.
But in one case involving a farmer doing business with the companies, multiple fires were recorded on the embargoed land after earlier deforestation. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a news organization based in London, tracked the cattle supplied by the farmer implicated in the deforestation to abattoirs run by JBS and Marfrig.
https://www.climate.news/2021-08-10-amazon-forest-fires-linked-to-meat-industry.html#
