[HTML][HTML] Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon could be halved by scaling up the implementation of zero-deforestation cattle commitments

SA Levy, F Cammelli, J Munger, HK Gibbs… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deforestation for agriculture is a key threat to global carbon stocks, biodiversity, and
indigenous ways of life. In the absence of strong territorial governance, zero-deforestation …

Using supply chain data to monitor zero deforestation commitments: an assessment of progress in the Brazilian soy sector

EKHJ Zu Ermgassen, B Ayre, J Godar… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Zero deforestation commitments (ZDCs) are voluntary initiatives where companies or
countries pledge to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains. These commitments …

Deforestation-free commodity supply chains: myth or reality?

EF Lambin, PR Furumo - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Since the early 2000s, many private companies, public-private coalitions, and governments
have committed to remove deforestation from commodity supply chains. Despite these zero …

Did ranchers and slaughterhouses respond to zero‐deforestation agreements in the Brazilian Amazon?

HK Gibbs, J Munger, J L'Roe, P Barreto… - Conservation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
New supply chain interventions offer promise to reduce deforestation from expansion of
commercial agriculture, as more multinational companies agree to stop sourcing from farms …

[HTML][HTML] Cattle ranchers and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Production, location, and policies

ME Skidmore, F Moffette, L Rausch, M Christie… - Global Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Deforestation for cattle production persists in the Brazilian Amazon despite ongoing efforts
by the public and private sectors to combat it. The complexity of the cattle supply chain …

Forest conservation effects of Brazil's zero deforestation cattle agreements undermined by leakage

J Alix-Garcia, HK Gibbs - Global Environmental Change, 2017 - Elsevier
Supply chain interventions, which include certification schemes and zero-deforestation
commitments that aim to produce environmentally and socially beneficial outcomes, are …

Designing effective and equitable zero-deforestation supply chain policies

J Grabs, F Cammelli, SA Levy, RD Garrett - Global Environmental Change, 2021 - Elsevier
In response to the clearing of tropical forests for agricultural expansion, agri-food companies
have adopted promises to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains in the form of …

From Amazon pasture to the high street: deforestation and the Brazilian cattle product supply chain

NF Walker, SA Patel, KAB Kalif - Tropical Conservation …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Brazil has the world's highest annual area of tropical deforestation, and cattle ranching is the
largest driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Recent domestic and international …

[HTML][HTML] Deforestation control in the Brazilian Amazon: A conservation struggle being lost as agreements and regulations are subverted and bypassed

WD Carvalho, K Mustin, RR Hilário… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite efforts to reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, there has been an up-turn in
clearing rates since 2012. These increases are in part due to failures in deforestation …

Attribution of CO2 emissions from Brazilian deforestation to consumers between 1990 and 2010

J Karstensen, GP Peters… - Environmental Research …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Efforts to reduce deforestation to mitigate climate change and to conserve biodiversity are
taking place on a global scale. While many studies have estimated the emissions occurring …