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1. If you want deforesta/on-free
soy and beef ..
Paulo Barreto
Senior Researcher at IMAZON
pbarreto@imazon.org.br
Brussels, May 03 2017
European Parliament

2. 85% of Brazilians support
forest protec/on

3. Deforesta)on à Death of wildlife

4. Deforesta)on à Death of people

5. Impacts of drought in the Amazon

6. Impact of drought in ci)es

7. 10 million hectares of underu/lized pasture in
the Amazon biome
Foto: Paulo Barreto Fonte dado: Inpe e Embrapa, Terra Class

8. 52 million hectares
of degraded
pasture in Brazil
FGV - file:///Users/pbarreto/Downloads/
financiandoatransicao_planoabc.pdf

9. Government and market policies led to
reduc)on of deforesta)on
Rausch, Gibbs et al, University of Wisconsin-Madison Amazon data: Inpe Cerrado: Lapig

10. Annual soy cul/va/on in the Brazilian Amazon biome
Gibbs et al, 2015. hUps://www.researchgate.net/publica)on/271213939_Brazil
%27s_Soy_Moratorium

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Billions R$
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Decoupling of deforesta/on and value of
agricultural produc/on
Source: Imazon

12. But Amazon deforesta/on has increased
75% from 2012 to 2016
Rausch, Gibbs et al, University of Wisconsin-Madison Amazon data: Inpe Cerrado: Lapig

13. Why is deforesta)on increasing?
800.000 hectares/year in the Amazon
Amnesty of illegal deforesta/on
Reduc/on of enforcement
Reduc/on of protected areas
Foto: Jimmy Grogan

14. Degree of
protec/on
downgraded in
one million
hectares of
Conserva/on
Units

15. If you want soy and beef free of
deforesta/on ask Brazil to
1. Increase and implement protected
areas
2. Enforce laws
3. Expand soy moratorium to the
Cerrado