Cattle Suppliers Series Episode 4: Cattle Ranching on Indigenous Land: How to tackle land regularisation?
The fourth episode focuses on the legal impossibility of regulating indigenous land. Land conflicts in indigenous territories have increased in recent years as has the vulnerability of these peoples. The video talks about the importance of monitoring and control mechanisms to block the purchase of cattle from overlapping areas. Ana Paula Valdiones, coordinator of the Environmental Transparency Program of the Centro de Vida Institute (ICV) opens the video with the help of others, such as Erich Masson, prosecutor of the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in Mato Grosso.
The leather industry shows potential to increase traceability
According to the Brazilian Association of Beef Exporters (Abiec), 39.5 million head of cattle were slaughtered in 2020.
COP-26: Panel presents solutions for low-carbon agriculture
Organised by Imaflora, along with CDP Latin America and Coalizão Brasil Clima, Florestas e Agricultura, this event will put forward important debates about cutting carbon emissions in agriculture.
Guide for Retailers: Developing an Effective Beef Procurement Policy
The publication provides a detailed step-by-step so that retail companies can develop purchasing policies with clear criteria that prevent the purchase of beef from illegally deforested areas in the Amazon, that use slave labor or that have other environmental and social irregularities.