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10 years ago, the Amazon was being bulldozed for soy. Then everything changed.

Posted by Paulo Adario - 16th May 2016
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Soya plantation in the Amazon rainforest. The expansion of the soya industry is one of the main causes of deforestation in the region as huge areas are cleared to meet agricultural demand. Trees stand on the edge of a man made field which has been cut through the natural forest.
All rights reserved. Credit: Ricardo Beliel/Greenpeace

This week – after months of negotiation and uncertainty – the Brazilian government, the soy industry and civil society organizations, including Greenpeace, indefinitely renewed an agreement keeping huge swathes of Amazon rainforest from being destroyed for soybean farming. This is big news for the Amazon, for Indigenous Peoples, for farmers,… Read More