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Corporations in Brazil Concerned over Government Policy for the Amazon

03/29/2021

Given that 60 percent of the remaining Amazon is within Brazil, policies regarding deforestation and use of land bordering the Rainforest are now of international concern. Forty chief executives of major corporations in Brazil, including JBS S.A., recently addressed a letter to President Jair Bolsonaro regarding the potential for trade embargoes as a result of current exploitation of the Amazon. 

 

Despite the cooperation between CEOs and leading academics in Brazil under the umbrella of the Concertacao pela Amazonia (Agreement on the Amazon), no constructive response has been received from Brazilia, the Nation’s capital.  Talks at a level below the Office of the President are in progress between Ambassador John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State and now Climate Envoy and Ernesto Araujo, Foreign Minister, and Ricardo Salles, the Environment Minister.


Pres. Jair Bolsonaro

 

When the Paris Accords were signed in 2016, Brazil was an active participant and received donations from E.U. countries to sustain the Amazon.  Since the ascendency of President Bolsonaro, deforestation has advanced at a rapid rate as evidenced by mass clearing of fringe areas accompanied by devastating fires and a profound reduction in enforcement of existing regulations.

 

The concern that the U.K. and the E.U. will pressure companies importing food and other items from Brazil to conform to world standards is evidenced in the recent comments by Fabio Tomasoni, Global CEO of JBS S.A. in the FY 2020 Annual Report, regarding sustainability and sourcing of beef.

 

The status of the Amazon will most certainly take center stage at the Earth Day Summit of world leaders in April serving as a prelude to the United Nations Summit in November. Given the economic situation in Brazil, the President will have to choose between world opinion relating to climate change and his personal popularity as a right-leaning nationalistic leader of Brazil.


 
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