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Related: About this forumMeat producers linked to Brazil fires
by Agency Reporter | Mar 6, 2021 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT FROM GREENPEACE International says the worlds largest meat processor JBS, and its leading competitors Marfrig and Minerva, slaughtered cattle purchased from ranchers linked to the 2020 fires that destroyed one-third of the worlds largest inland wetland, in the Pantanal region of Brazil. The Brazilian meat giants in turn supply Pantanal beef to food companies like McDonalds, Burger King, French groups Carrefour and Casino, and markets across the world.
Fire blazes the way for industrial meat expansion across South America. In the face of the global Covid-19 pandemic and the biodiversity and climate crises, the continued deliberate use of fire within the sector is an international scandal. How to stamp it out is a burning issue, said Daniela Montalto, Food and Forest campaigner at Greenpeace UK.
Making Mincemeat of the Pantanal documents 15 cattle ranchers who are linked to the 2020 Pantanal fires. At least 73,000 hectares an area larger than Singapore burned within the boundaries of properties owned by these ranchers. In 20182019, these ranchers supplied at least 14 meat processing facilities owned by JBS, Marfrig and Minerva. Nine of the ranchers were also linked to other environmental violations such as illegal clearing or property registration irregularities at the time of identified trade with the meat processors.
As Brazilian President Bolsonaros anti-environment agenda continues to wreak havoc on the Amazon rainforest, and amid the chaos and economic upheaval caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic, Brazils beef exports still set a new all-time high in 2020.
The worlds largest wetland a critical habitat for jaguars is literally going up in smoke. By ignoring the destruction, JBS and the other leading meat processors, Marfrig and Minerva, are all but handing out the matches for this years fires, said Daniela Montalto, Food and Forest campaigner at Greenpeace UK.
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https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/2021/03/06/meat-producers-linked-to-brazil-fires/
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Meat producers linked to Brazil fires (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Mar 2021
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msongs
(67,441 posts)1. ...meat eaters linked to brazil fires nt
Duppers
(28,126 posts)2. This makes me steam!
The US buys far too much meat from Brazil too.
So folks still buying all that beef, just STOP. TY.
And thank you for posting this, Judi Lynn.