French deforestation database pressures Brazilian soy traders to clean up supply chain

Mongabay
Dec 14, 2021, 10:26 am167 pts
France is taking new steps to ensure that products imported from Brazil aren’t contributing to deforestation in vulnerable forests and savannahs. The French government published a new risk analysis platform earlier this month that shows how much activity by soy traders is causing tree cover loss. The tool is…

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