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Amazon Deforestation is Down. Here’s Why.

Legal Planet

For several years, headlines about Amazon deforestation have all been bad. Good news in Brazil where deforestation in the Amazon declined 66.1 It’s the lowest level for the month of August since 2018 and it continues a downward trend. Jason Gray: This year has seen some really sobering news on the tropical deforestation front.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Deforestation in the Amazon decreased significantly (by over 70%) during Lula’s last two terms, while it jumped (about 60%) under President Bolsonaro.

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

Corp Watch

In 2018, we penned “The Case Against Nestlé” and launched the Nestlé Pledge: a commitment consumers can make to disavow themselves from Nestlé. USA: Nestlé’s Latest Exploits: The case against Nestlé hasn’t stopped growing. They told Nestlé that they wanted them to stop. Of course, they are still pumping as we speak.”

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

Corp Watch

In 2018, we penned “The Case Against Nestlé” and launched the Nestlé Pledge: a commitment consumers can make to disavow themselves from Nestlé. USA: Nestlé’s Latest Exploits: The case against Nestlé hasn’t stopped growing. They told Nestlé that they wanted them to stop. Of course, they are still pumping as we speak.”

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Environmental activism in Latin America

Our Environment

South America is home to the largest biodiverse rainforests on Earth. It has also been reported that between the years of 2002 and 2018 more than 20 million hectares of tropical forests were cleared in the Amazon purely for beef production. This is equivalent to a rainforest the size of the United Kingdom [3].

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JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union

Corp Watch

JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. SA) agreed to pay $52.5

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NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments

Corp Watch

JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. SA) agreed to pay $52.5