Brazil Archives

Tackling the extinction crisis is everyone’s responsibility — and time is running short

Perspective / The BBC documentary 'Extinction: The Facts' by Sir David Attenborough, makes the need for action very clear. Read op-ed by Toby Gardner in The Independent.

15 September 2020 / About Climate policy, Ecosystems and Supply chains

The rotten apples of Brazil’s agribusiness

Journal article / A new study finds that just 2% of soy- and beef-producing properties in the Amazon and Cerrado are responsible for 62% of all potentially illegal deforestation.

3 August 2020 / About Food and agriculture and Supply chains

Understanding the stickiness of commodity supply chains is key to improving their sustainability

Journal article / A novel methodological approach to inform deforestation policies and to assess potential effectiveness of supply chain zero-deforestation commitments.

24 July 2020 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

A breakthrough in carbon footprinting for agricultural commodities

Feature / A new approach to life cycle analysis can calculate precise footprints for thousands of individual commodity trade flows from source locality to export market.

3 July 2020 / About Climate services, Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Trase Yearbook 2020 launch webinar

Past event / A webinar to launch the Trase yearbook 2020

02 July 2020 / About Food and agriculture and Supply chains

Trase Yearbook reveals the state of forest-risk commodity supply chains

Feature / Trase initiative launches its 2020 review of commodity deforestation, supply chains and zero-deforestation commitments.

2 July 2020 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

Deforestation for palm oil production. Photo: Auriga Nusantara / Trase Earth

More than half of tropical deforestation linked to exports of key commodities is happening in less than 5% of producing regions

Press release / More than half of tropical deforestation linked to exports of key commodities is happening in less than 5% of producing regions

2 July 2020 / About Food and agriculture, Forests and Supply chains

A practical approach to measuring the biodiversity impacts of land conversion

Journal article / This paper presents a global framework for quantifying the relative impacts of human activities on biodiversity.

29 May 2020 / About Ecosystems, Forests and Supply chains

Spatially-explicit footprints of agricultural commodities: Mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil’s soy exports

Journal article / An enhanced approach to life cycle assessments of globally traded agricultural commodities that takes into account the specifics of individual supply chains.

7 May 2020 / About Climate services and Food and agriculture