Tropical forests are at the front line of sustainable development, where critical trade-offs need to be negotiated between climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation, food production and economic development. SEI research work on tropical forests ranges from ecological research to groundbreaking data-driven transparency tools linking impacts of deforestation to global companies and consumer markets.
If companies, civil society and governments band together to publish transparent information on agricultural supply chains it could help protect the Amazon.
Brazil's globally significant ecosystems could be exposed to mining and dams if proposals being debated by Congress go ahead.