The UK meat industry and the supermarkets it supplies are continuing to cause illegal deforestation in the Amazon, according to a new investigation into the supply chain of Brazilian soya beans used to feed British livestock.In 2022 nearly 12,000 square kilometres of the Amazon were destroyed, equivalent to four football fields of forest lost every second.
The investigation by environmental groups Mighty Earth, Reporter Brazil and Ecostorm combines satellite data with observations on the ground showing evidence of a direct link between illegal deforestation in the Amazon and supplies of soya beans shipped from Brazil to the UK by US commodities giant Cargill.
The report identifies the Santa Ana farm in Brazil's Mato Grosso state on which 400 hectares of forest were burned last year - an area the researchers estimate would have contained 220,000 trees. Following an investigation by Brazilian authorities into previous illegal deforestation on the farm, Cargill removed it from the list of its approved suppliers, however it was reinstated by the company in 2022.Around 70% of the UK's soya is imported by Cargill and 75% of Cargill's soya comes into the country from Santarem port in Brazil.
No 💩 Sherlock 🙄
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