Photo: Igor SpanholiThe world's fourth largest beef trader, Marfrig, has announced a moratorium on buying cattle from farms that deforest the Brazilian Amazon.
The cattle sector is the key driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. According to the Brazilian government, cattle are responsible for about 80 per cent of all deforestation in the Amazon region. In recent years, on average one hectare of Amazon rainforest has been lost to cattle ranchers every 18 seconds.
The move by Marfrig comes in the wake of the release of a Greenpeace report 'Slaughtering the Amazon' on Amazon deforestation and climate change.
"This initiative is an important step towards halting Amazonian destruction and the related greenhouse gases emissions," said Paulo Adario, Greenpeace Amazon campaign director.
According to Greenpeace, Satellite data of the forest cover will be made available to the public so that companies can identify farms engaged in ongoing deforestation and stop buying cattle products from them.
Tropical rainforest destruction accounts for approximately 20 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, making Brazil the world's fourth biggest polluter.
The cattle sector is the key driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. According to the Brazilian government, cattle are responsible for about 80 per cent of all deforestation in the Amazon region. In recent years, on average one hectare of Amazon rainforest has been lost to cattle ranchers every 18 seconds.
The move by Marfrig comes in the wake of the release of a Greenpeace report 'Slaughtering the Amazon' on Amazon deforestation and climate change.
"This initiative is an important step towards halting Amazonian destruction and the related greenhouse gases emissions," said Paulo Adario, Greenpeace Amazon campaign director.
According to Greenpeace, Satellite data of the forest cover will be made available to the public so that companies can identify farms engaged in ongoing deforestation and stop buying cattle products from them.
Tropical rainforest destruction accounts for approximately 20 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, making Brazil the world's fourth biggest polluter.
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