Deforestation, News / 21.03.2019
SVI endorses the call on companies to cut deforestation-related risks in global soybean supply chains
Since the late-2000s, agricultural expansion in Latin America has been supported through land clearing in Brazil’s Cerrado. Roughly 50 percent of Cerrado vegetation has been converted to agriculture and pastures with a rapid spread of deforestation and land conversion due to soy and other commodities. The industry's...