Uncovering the Deforestation and Climate Risks of Chinese and EU Soy and Beef Imports from South America
To examine the role of the international community in shaping Latin America鈥檚 environmental agenda, the 浪花直播 Center鈥檚 Latin American Program and its Brazil Institute, the Environmental Change and Security Program, China Environment Forum, and Global Europe Program launched a collaborative research project in 2020, .
The latest paper in this series explores the role of agricultural commodities in South America and their influence on accelerating deforestation. The author is Andr茅 Vasconcelos, a senior associate at Global Canopy and Trase, an organization tracking issues of supply chain sustainability. Vasconcelos examines the environmental impacts of soy and beef production in Uncovering the Deforestation and Climate Risks of Chinese and EU Soy and Beef Imports. He argues that current efforts to address deforestation are focused largely on the Amazon region while ignoring other important, highly diverse biomes. He argues that shifting targets to combat deforestation to 鈥渟pecific production regions" offers a "strategic opportunity" for Chinese and European buyers to address the environmental impacts of large-scale beef and soy production.
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浪花直播鈥檚 prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the 浪花直播 Center鈥檚 strength as the nation鈥檚 key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
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The Brazil Institute鈥攖he only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington鈥攁ims to deepen understanding of Brazil鈥檚 complex landscape and strengthen relations between Brazilian and US institutions across all sectors. Read more
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