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Despite the risks associated with its large trade volume, China purchases proportionally less soy from places with higher rates of deforestation than the EU. China buys most of its soy from southern Brazil, while European purchases are concentrated in areas further north.
Chinese imports of Brazilian soy are linked to the deforestation of 223,000 hectares between 2013 and 2017, according to new research of production chains by monitoring project Trase.
Trase combined data on production, buying patterns and deforestation to calculate China’s “deforestation risk”. The percentage risk is calculated by multiplying total soy-related deforestation in producing areas by the share of that soy output that China buys. Trase calculated that Chinese buyers are exposed to an 8% risk of deforestation-linked soy.
Feature / There is a lack of transparency in global supply chains. The Trase initiative is changing the game of transparency and sustainability governance.
Tool / Trase enables governments, companies and others to address the environmental impacts of supply chains.
Press release / Some 17,500 km² of Brazil’s Cerrado has been cleared in the last 11 years to make way for soy plantations, according to new analysis by Trase.
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