EU pressures Brazil to fight deforestation but refuses to boycott imports – The Economic Journal
The European Union (EU) will continue to demand that Brazil meet its commitments to combat deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, but refuses to ban beef imports in retaliation, the Trade Commissioner said today.Portugal's News, 24 September 2019
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What The European Parliament Must Do To Halt The Destruction Of The Amazon – OpEd
And now more than ever, the world looks to the EU to take global leadership, as its citizens are faced with a climate-change denying President in the US; a Brazilian President letting the Amazon slip away through his powerful fingers; and political paralysis in the UK.Eurasia Review, 22 September 2019
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Is the EU's import of Brazilian beef and soy contaminated with illegal deforestation?
A new study by Britaldo Silveira Soares Filho reveals the interlinkages between illegal deforestation, meat production and forest fires for land clearing after 2008.Center for Development Research University of Bonn, 15 September 2019
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Europe can help save the Amazon by changing itself
Europe did not light the fires ravaging the Amazon, but it did provide some of the matches.Ecologist, 10 September 2019
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