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Revealed: EU imports of Brazilian Amazon beef surge as EUDR faces further threats

20.04.2026 New analysis shows why the EUDR must be enforced with no more delays or changes

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

Fresh evidence of illegal deforestation in European beef and leather imports underscores importance of EU law

18.07.2024 European consumers have been buying beef and leather from firms linked to illegalities in the Brazilian Amazon

UK announces deforestation due diligence rules, but cause for concern remains

11.12.2023 UK gov announces details of its deforestation legislation

EU agrees on much needed landmark law, but work still needed to fully protect forests and communities

06.12.2022 The final agreement compromised between contrasting priorities

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

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