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Revealed: US diners more exposed than ever to Amazon deforestation
28.08.2025 Nearly a quarter of Brazilian beef consumed in the US comes from Amazonian slaughterhouses
American pie keeps growing for high-risk Amazon slaughterhouses
10.11.2022 New analysis explores how growing US appetite for Brazilian beef is exposing consumers to ever increasing risks of having their dinner plates contaminated by Amazon deforestation
If it truly aspires to leadership on climate and forests, the US must first break its addiction to the products driving their destruction
08.11.2022 The US has pledged to end deforestation, but it continues to fund destruction overseas via imports of forest-risk commodities
Amazon slaughterhouses eye greater share of American pie as Brazil beef sales surge
23.09.2021 New facilities in the Brazilian Amazon approved for export increase US exposure to environmental crimes and underline the need for binding regulations
More suspect Amazon beef is US-bound after facilities in deforestation hotspots approved
23.09.2021 Beef sold in the US increasingly likely to be linked to illegal deforestation amid growing exports from Brazilian Amazon states
Pressure builds on big economies to address commodity import risks in wake of Amazon fires
03.09.2019 G7 and UK Amazon aid pledges are meagre compared to their Brazilian beef purchases
Illegal deforestation and the flawed focus on corporate voluntary actions
12.06.2017 Globally, the problem is getting worse, not better, and corporate zero deforestation commitments may actually be distracting attention from other actions that could have greater impacts
Why voluntary policies will not stop deforestation
21.11.2016 It is essential that the corporate zero deforestation movement is harnessed to push for the necessary actions by governments
