SAO PAULO, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A farmers' lobby in Brazil is seeking to end a two-decade-long agreement that forbids grain traders from buying soybeans from farms on deforested land in the Amazon ...

The Amazon Rainforest is under attack from many human activities. Deforestation is a big problem, mainly because of farming for cattle and soybeans. Over 40 years, about 17% of the forest has been ...

Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to dismantle the Amazon soy ... covered by original rainforest trees and ...

which pledged to stop buying soy from farms in the rainforest that were deforested after 2008. Under Brazil's forestry rules, Amazon landowners can clear up to 20% of their property. But an early ...

The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024. A second year of record drought contributed to ...

However, new laws recently enacted in the Amazon states of Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest soybean producer, and neighboring Rondonia have cut tax incentives for processing and trade companies ...