Amazon deforestation may rise 30% as major traders exit historic soy pact

Mongabay
Feb 2, 2026, 3:09 pm124 ptsTrending
Major soy traders operating in Brazil announced in early January that they would abandon one of the world’s most successful zero-deforestation agreements, known as the soy moratorium. As a result, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon may increase by up to 30% by 2045, according to the Amazon Environmental…

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