{"id":15049,"date":"2022-02-16T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/articles\/soia-deforestazione-amazzonia\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T12:52:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T11:52:34","slug":"soya-moratorium-amazon-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/agricultural-industry\/soya-moratorium-amazon-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Soya moratorium fails to curb Amazon destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deforestation in the Amazon reaches new highs as soya crops can still indirectly cause it, pushing farmers to give up their land and look for new spaces in the region, says Greenpeace investigation<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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International agreements designed to protect the Amazon<\/strong> are failing to stop the deforestation drive by soya<\/strong> farmers. In the last decade, in fact, the sector has been responsible for the destruction of 1,180 square kilometers<\/strong> of forest, according to a study <\/a>released in recent days by the Brazilian NGO Instituto Centro de Vida<\/strong>, Greenpeace’s Unearthed<\/strong> investigation center and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Deforestation, the authors explain, took place in the state of Mato Grosso where, between 2009 and 2019, soya companies opened new spaces for other crops or to provide grazing land for livestock. “The majority of this deforestation was illegal,” the study says.<\/p>\n

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ICYMI: We revealed some 1,200 sq km of Amazon rainforest has been razed on Brazilian soya farms – and that those farmers can still badge their soya as "deforestation-free" <\/p>\n

Soya from the worst-hit areas is regularly shipped to the UK & EU for animal feedhttps:\/\/t.co\/Hs91azhQgA<\/a><\/p>\n

— Unearthed (@UE) February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n