Sentences with phrase «brazilian cattle industry»
First it was the Brazilian cattle industry and global shoe brands which Greenpeace outed for their aiding and abetting deforestation and, therefore,
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The Brazilian cattle industry may now be on the cusp of transitioning from being the world's largest single driver of deforestation to a critical component in helping slow climate change.
The report, Slaughtering the Amazon, is based on a three - year undercover investigation of the Brazilian cattle industry, which accounts for 80 percent of Amazon deforestation and roughly 14 percent of the world's annual forest loss.
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A grab by Marfrig Global Foods for a controlling stake in National Beef Packing Company is ruffling hairs in the US cattle industry as the deal tightens Brazilian meat producers» stranglehold on the international market.
The decision, announced at a meeting of the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (Abras) this week, comes less than two weeks after Greenpeace's exposé of the Amazon cattle industry.
A short while ago Greenpeace released a report on the deforestation impact that the cattle industry in Brazil was having and how several major international shoe brands may be supporting that forest destruction through the purchase of Brazilian leather.