Brazil slaughterhouses reduce ties to Amazon deforestation, but cattle laundering remains issue
Brazilia, Brazil (AP) – The slaughterhouses that agreed to a settlement with the Brazilian prosecutors were more likely to obey environmental laws that prohibit the purchase of livestock from illegal lands illegally, according to the audit review on Wednesday, but the gaps in overseeing the remaining beef supply chain in Amazon are still linked to the destruction of forests.
The companies that rented the independent account audiences as part of the agreement with the federal prosecution service with 4 % of livestock from areas with illegal clearing. On the other hand, companies that did not employ account audiences recorded a rate of non -compliance by 52 %, which is 13 times higher.
“He is sending a clear message to the market and consumers about companies that really invest in responsible and transparent production,” Public Prosecutor Ricardo Nigerini said in a statement.
Most of the lands that are cleared in the Amazon are converted into pastures. The paragraph, which will host its capital, Bilim, will host the United Nations climate for this year, as a home for 25 million heads of livestock. It is also the Brazilian country that has the largest amount of carbon emissions, where the removal of forests is approximately half of the total output of the country.
The Amazon rainforest is an important climate organizer, as the trees absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that heats the planet. Forest cleansing creates a problem with fold emissions: trees are lost and cows, especially cows, contribute to global warming because they release methane, another greenhouse gas.
Brazil consumes most of the production of beef, but exports grow. China is to a large extent the largest buyer, followed by the United States
The audit was part of a settlement agreement reached in 2009. officially known as the Legal Cow Meat Agreement Agreement, aimed at preventing companies from buying livestock raised in illegal areas in the Amazon. It has technical support from civil organizations, such as IMAFLORA and Wisconsin University – Madison.
The agreement was implemented for the first time in the state of the paragraph and now includes five other Amazon states. The livestock purchases performed in 2022 were performed in 89 slaughterhouses, including major companies such as JBS, Mineva and Marfrig.
However, these audit operations only examine direct purchases, and leave widespread washing of livestock in the Amazon. The most common way is to transfer cows from an illegal area to a legal farm before selling to slaughterhouses, and deliberately repeated tracking.
Negrini said the problem has worsened as livestock breeders find ways to monitor more hardening to buy live livestock since the settlement.
Initial data in the report shows that only 38 % of the unfinished suppliers of vehicles were clearly compatible. To reach this number, prosecutors examined the transfer documents issued by government animal health agencies.
Some of the slats have some slats, up to six indirect suppliers behind each direct one. It is an important part of the supply chain that still lacks appropriate monitoring. ”The federal prosecution service must move urgently to treat these producers.”
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