Brazil Archives

Cocoa beans being transported on a conveyor belt in a processing facility.

EU27 countries in the spotlight for deforestation exposure

Feature / EU imports of cocoa and palm oil drive major global deforestation, new Trase research shows.

27 June 2024 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Public policy and Supply chains

Self-propelled machine harvesting and unloading soybeans

‘Greenlash’ and reactionary stakeholders in environmental governance: An analysis of soy farmers against zero deforestation in Brazil

Journal article / This article explores the positions and views of stakeholders who resist the zero-deforestation agenda.

19 June 2024 / About Food and agriculture, Forests, Land use and Supply chains

Two agricultural harvester machines harvesting soybeans in a vast field under a dramatic sky with large clouds. Dust clouds are visible behind the machines, indicating active harvesting.

Tracking soy to halt deforestation

Feature / Learn how Trase data drives actions to curb deforestation in soy supply chains.

22 May 2024 / About Bioeconomy, Forests, Public policy, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

A group of legal advisors to the Brazilian delegation smiling for a photo at the UN Headquarters, positioned in front of placards with country names, including Brazil and Botswana, during the fifth session of the intergovernmental conference on BBNJ in early 2023.

How Brazil helped to shape a critical new law to protect marine biodiversity

Feature / Luciana Fernandes Coelho reveals Brazil's pivotal role in the BBNJ agreement, a crucial step for protecting marine biodiversity in international waters.

4 April 2024 / About Climate policy, Ecosystems and Geopolitics

White yurts in the foreground, with a city and industrial chimney stacks behind, with a mountain range under a blue-gray cloudy sky.

A sustainable trajectory for the 2030 Agenda: targeting historical lock-ins to accelerate progress on all SDGs

Journal article / Researchers develop a method to indicate where countries are headed for SDG progress if historical patterns of interaction between the goals continue.

26 February 2024 / About Sustainable Development Goals

Supply chain divergence challenges a ‘Brussels effect’ from Europe’s human rights and environmental due diligence laws

Journal article / This article explores the prospects for successful externalisation of Europe's sustainability standards using Brazilian soy as a case.

5 February 2024 / About Supply chains

Aerial view of a palm oil plantation. The bottom two thirds of the image shows regular planted trees; across the top third a wavy forest borders cuts off the pattern.

Assessing tropical deforestation in Germany’s agricultural commodity supply chains

Other publication / The German economy is linked to significant amounts of deforestation risk, but the majority of this risk results from just five key commodities.

29 January 2024 / About Land use and Supply chains

Drone panoramic aerial view of illegal amazon deforestation, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Forest trees and agriculture field land.

Changes in evapotranspiration, transpiration and evaporation across natural and managed landscapes in the Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal biomes

Journal article / In this study, the authors investigated how evaporation and transpiration vary within 3 Brazilian biomes for natural and managed land uses and land covers.

15 January 2024 / About Land use

Aerial view of a coffee plantation. Brown paths wiggle through a sparser field on the left side of the image, with more greenery to the right.

The European Union and United Kingdom’s deforestation-free supply chains regulations: implications for Brazil

Journal article / New legislation may present challenges for suppliers: Brazil's coffee sector faces few barriers to compliance, but other sectors may face significant hurdles.

9 January 2024 / About Supply chains