This document presents an overview of the cattle traceability arrangements in Brazil from calf to slaughterhouse. It is part of Dialogues between the European Union and Brazil on the Beef and Leather Value Chains, which has brought together importers, retailers, slaughterhouses, tanneries, exporters, livestock farmers, researchers, associations, and civil society organisations to reflect on sustainability, identify best practices and potential partnerships that can contribute to the improvement of these production chains. This was an initiative promoted by the European Union through the AL-INVEST Verde Programme in collaboration with the Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM).
The Amazon in Flames: Fire and deforestation in 2019 and what’s to come in 2020
With the most intense season of deforestation in the Amazon approaching, it is time to evaluate what happened in the region in 2019. It is also time to put strategies in place to combat deforestation, which in the first three months of this year increased...