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https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/eu-bill-and-new-green-policies-spur-progress-on-brazils-cattle-tracking/>
"It’s a new scene in the Brazilian beef chain. In March 2023, gathered in
Xinguara municipality, in Pará state, known as the “fat cattle capital,” some
of the country’s largest cattle breeders debate an ESG agenda for the sector.
Not long ago, the deforestation caused by cattle ranching in the Amazon
Rainforest was of no concern to livestock farmers. But now, in the face of the
climate emergency, they are under pressure. Investors, the meat industry,
buyers and consumers know the link between cattle and Brazilian Amazon
devastation. For cattle breeders, ignoring the problem has become a business
risk. And none of them wants to lose money.
“We can produce more with fewer natural resources, reconciling food and climate
security,” Francisco Victer, coordinator of Pará’s Beef Alliance, the ESG event
organizer, told
Mongabay by phone. “Every farmer, even the most conservative,
most resistant, accepts this improvement is necessary for the current
scenario.”
One of the topics discussed at the “fat cattle capital” was cattle tracking,
which experts point to as the primary tool for curbing deforestation from
ranching. The individual identification of 100% of the Brazilian herd is far
away. Still, a series of recent decisions by different players in the meat
chain shows the quest for traceability is progressing.
In March 2023, the Brazilian Bank Federation (FEBRABAN) approved new rules for
releasing credit to meatpackers and slaughterhouses in Amazonian states. Banks
that adhere to the protocol must require their clients to comply with measures
to combat deforestation. Among the requirements is implementing a traceability
and monitoring system that will make it possible to demonstrate, by December
2025, that the cattle bought are not associated with illegal deforestation. The
measure doesn’t apply only to direct suppliers but also to indirect — the
leading promoters of deforestation.
The tracking system must consider environmental embargoes, invasion of
protected areas and Indigenous lands, deforestation signs, the Rural
Environmental Registry (CAR) status and cases of slave labor associated with
the farms."
Via
Future Crunch:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-net-zero-rhinos-africa-maternal-asia/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
