![]() ![]() To contribute to the debate, Mighty Earth, in partnership with World Animal Protection, organized the side event “Agribusiness and deforestation in the Amazon – consequences for climate, fauna and health.” This event scrutinized how the agricultural production sector drives deforestation in the Amazon, highlighting its impact on wildlife and climate. Negative impacts of agribusiness were widely discussed by through numerous forums organized by civil society, academia, and the private sector itself during the Amazon Dialogues conference, which preceded the summit and elaborated proposals forwarded to heads of state. Hopes were high that the issue would be confronted with the urgency it demands. Thus, more than any other industry, it is critical to address the destruction caused by the meat industry to safeguard the forest, its Indigenous communities and to mitigate the dire impacts it has on climate change. Land is grabbed to rear cattle or to grow soy to feed animals in intensive farming systems. ![]() Disappointingly the letter signed by the Amazonian leaders doesn’t address how it intends to combat the primary driver of deforestation in the Amazon: the meat industry.Ĭurrently, the conversion of land to pasture accounts for about 80% of the region’s deforestation. ![]() Despite advancements in strengthening regional cooperation and acknowledging the rights of Indigenous peoples, the Belém Declaration, the conclusive document of the conference, missed a golden opportunity to convey a resolute message to the world: deforestation in the Amazon will no longer be tolerated. Read in Portuguese here By: João Gonçalves, Senior Director of Brazil, Mighty Earthīelém Declaration: the meat industry is still off the hook! That’s at least the impression given by the eight Amazonian countries following this year’s inaugural Amazon Summit, in Brazil. |By Carole Mitchell – Amazon Summit: Heads of State of the eight Amazonian countries failed to combat the deforestation caused by the meat industry. ![]()
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