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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 7d

⚠️The EUDR could help keep products fuelling the destruction of the Amazon and Indigenous rights violations off European shelves.

Policymakers must stand firm and enforce the law with no further delays or changes. ✊

Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 7d

This is not the first time cattle laundered from illegal ranches have reached EU consumers.

👜 Earlier this year, our investigation traced Coach's leather supply chain to cattle raised inside the Apyterewa Indigenous Territory in the Amazon.

bit.ly/46QDjG3

The hidden price of luxury: What Europe’s designer handbags are costing the Amazon rainforest

Leather suppliers to luxury fashion brands are linked to illegal cattle ranching in the Amazon rainforest, where COP30 will take place this year

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 7d

📢 A new Greenpeace investigation links cattle raised illegally inside an Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon to JBS - the world's largest meatpacker and a major exporter of beef to the EU.

Read the investigation ⬇️ bit.ly/4npNSXx

JBS beef exports linked to cattle raised illegally on Indigenous Land - Greenpeace International

This case study demonstrates how links to the violation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights persist in the meat supply chain of JBS.

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 Brussels is backtracking - again!

@ec.europa.eu seeks another delay to the #EUDR, and every second means more forest lost to satisfy European consumption.

The EU Parliament & Council MUST reject this proposal and implement the law by the end of 2025.

🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/eudr-de...

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 16d

Meanwhile the #EUDR – which can rid EU supply chains of dirty soy – is under threat once again

EU policymakers should be focused on implementing the law, not picking it to pieces at the demand of industry lobbyists

🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/a-year-...

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 16d

🌳 THE CERRADO lost 2,500 football pitches per day in 2024

🪓 TWO OF THE PRODUCERS exposed have deforested 986 more hectares

🚢 BUNGE & CARGILL show no signs of having dropped these producers

🔍 RTRS has still not concluded its investigation into the certified farms

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 16d

Secret Ingredient: A year of inaction⚠️

In September 2024, our investigation linked soy used in feed for chicken sold by McDonald’s and Europe’s leading supermarkets to deforestation, land grabbing, corruption and rights abuses in Brazil’s Cerrado.

So, what's happened since?

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 20d

❓Got questions about the EU Deforestation Regulation❓

Our Policy Lead was part of an informative webinar for journalists - hosted by @mongabay.com - discussing why the #EUDR is important, how it will be enforced and what journalists should consider when covering recent attacks on the law.

Mike DiGirolamo @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social · 22d

Journalists covering the EUDR, I urge you to listen to the webinar we just hosted on how to cover this topic with panelists from @earthsight.bsky.social and @rainforestalliance.bsky.social and @bykarlamendes.bsky.social:

How to Cover the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)

YouTube video by Mongabay

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 21d

WATCH NOW 📺

@francetv.bsky.social's documentary on cotton aired last night, highlighting the findings from our investigation, Fashion Crimes, and exposing how cotton used over the globe by major retail brands is linked to the destruction of Brazil’s Cerrado. 👕🌴

www.france.tv/france-5/sur...

Coton, laine : la face cachée de nos matières naturelles - Documentaire en replay Sur le front

"Sur le front" enquête sur les matières naturelles les plus répandues dans les armoires, la laine et le coton. Ainsi, la laine utilisée dans l'industrie text...

www.france.tv

Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 26d

⚠️ But progress is unsteady and the Cerrado's future is far from guaranteed.

Last year, it lost more land to deforestation than any other biome in Brazil.

Our upcoming analysis will show agribusiness continues to drive the destruction - watch this space! 👀

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 26d

🌿🙌 On Brazil's National Cerrado Day, some good news for the country's second-largest biome. ⬇️

Recent data shows that from August 2024 to July 2025, deforestation rates dropped for the first time in 4 years - by over a fifth.
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DETER: desmatamento cai no Cerrado e no Pantanal, mas sobe na Amazônia - ClimaInfo

Dados do INPE divulgados pelo MMA levam em consideração o acumulado no período de agosto de 2024 a 31 de julho.

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 27d

A new report by Greenpeace is a stark reminder of how IKEA’s enormous appetite for wood to make fast furniture is putting pressure on Europe's most precious forests. 🌳

🪑"IKEA faces a choice: protect these irreplaceable forests or be complicit in their destruction."
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IKEA putting Europe’s Last Wilderness at risk | Greenpeace

New investigation report exposes IKEA’s link to the ongoing destruction of some of Europe’s most precious forests in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · 29d

“Women who defend land rights and natural resources against mega-projects face greater risks and are among the most at-risk human rights defenders globally.”

Their rights must be protected, and corporations must be held accountable.

Read CJC's new briefing 🔗 bit.ly/4gmL2jy

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Sep 8

Consumers deserve transparency. Forests deserve protection. And companies profiting from this trade must act responsibly.

Read the full story here 🔗 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/unhappy...

Unhappy Campers: How America's RV industry is destroying Indonesia's rainforests

Our new investigation reveals that wood used in America’s favourite RVs can be traced to the devastation of Borneo’s rainforests

www.earthsight.org.uk

Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Sep 8

What a way to start the week – we’ve just received a copy in the post of @nytimes.com featuring our investigation on the front page!

Despite high-profile coverage exposing how its demand for wood is fueling the destruction of Borneo’s rainforests, the US RV industry remains silent. 🤐

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Sep 3

🗣️ One week until submissions close! Have your say on the future of EU environmental laws until 10 September⬇️

Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Aug 26

The EU Commission has opened a call for evidence (closing on 10th September) that could roll back vital environmental laws – including the #EUDR – which is key to tackling global deforestation.

📢 You can have your say here ➡️ www.earthsight.org.uk/eu-environme... @wwf.eu @ec.europa.eu

Have your say on the EU’s environmental roll back

The EU Commission has launched a call for evidence on the “simplification of environmental legislation”, which could potentially roll back critical environmental laws.

www.earthsight.org.uk

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Sep 2

But this win is only temporary while the case is reviewed. With lobbyists showing no signs of relenting, this is not the end of attacks on the Moratorium

It's down to Brazil's decisionmakers to defend the Amazon against soy farmers who would see it destroyed for profit

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 Good news for the Amazon!

Last week, a judge suspended Brazil's competition authority's (CADE) decision ordering grain traders to halt the Amazon Soy Moratorium - the most effective voluntary conservation measure in recent decades
apnews.com/article/braz...

What Brazil’s soy moratorium fight means — and what happens next

Brazil’s soybean moratorium, credited with curbing Amazon deforestation since 2006, faces an uncertain future after the country’s competition regulator ordered its suspension while probing potential c...

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Aug 29

Yesterday, Brazil's environment authority took action to crack down on illegal cattle ranching - the same day our report revealed US imports of Brazilian beef are increasingly driving deforestation.

Read Bloomberg's coverage of our investigation ⬇️

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Aug 28

Brazil’s environmental authorities seized around 7,000 illegal head of cattle in a major operation in the Amazon, and issued fines to several ranchers and slaughterhouses.

JBS Among Meatpackers Fined by Brazilian Government Amid Illegal Cattle Roundup

The fine comes on the same day a new report shows that the US is increasingly importing beef from facilities near where illegal deforestation is rampant.

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Aug 28

Despite links to illegal deforestation, land grabbing & environmental crime, meat giants in Rondônia continue to supply the US.

US Congress MUST pass the FOREST Act, banning imports tied to illegal deforestation; otherwise, America’s burgers will come with a side of destruction ⚠️

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Aug 28

REVEALED: Nearly 1/4 of Brazilian beef consumed in the US comes from high-risk slaughterhouses in the Amazon. 📈

The Amazonian state of Rondônia has shipped over 34,500 tonnes of beef to the US since 2023 – enough to make 308 million burgers. 🍔 www.earthsight.org.uk/news/exposed...

US diners are more exposed than ever to Amazon deforestation

Nearly a quarter of Brazilian beef consumed in the US comes from high-risk slaughterhouses in the Amazon

www.earthsight.org.uk

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Aug 27

We've signed onto a statement as part of the Corporate Justice Coalition calling for legal consequences for companies involved in human rights violations against the Palestinian people.

We believe that businesses should be held to account when their actions contribute to atrocities. bit.ly/4n6W3HY

CJC and partners call for legal consequences for companies...

From economy of occupation to economy of genocide: The latest report from Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, lays bare the critical role...

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Aug 27

🌲Our Timber, Sanctions and Northern Forests Lead has been quoted in @thetimes.com, talking about how laundered Russian wood is being used to build homes in the UK, right under the authorities' noses.

Read the story ⬇️ www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Russian wood being illegally used to build homes in UK

Sophisticated techniques are being used to fool importers into buying Russian wood, which is falsely said to be coming from Estonia and other Baltic states

www.thetimes.com

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Aug 26

The EU Commission has opened a call for evidence (closing on 10th September) that could roll back vital environmental laws – including the #EUDR – which is key to tackling global deforestation.

📢 You can have your say here ➡️ www.earthsight.org.uk/eu-environme... @wwf.eu @ec.europa.eu

Have your say on the EU’s environmental roll back

The EU Commission has launched a call for evidence on the “simplification of environmental legislation”, which could potentially roll back critical environmental laws.

www.earthsight.org.uk

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Earthsight @earthsight.bsky.social · Aug 26

The hidden environmental cost of America’s RV industry 👇

🌳 An estimated 500 rainforest trees are lost daily
🦧 Top-selling brand Jayco is linked to the destruction of orangutan habitat

📍Our latest investigation uncovers how RVs drive deforestation: www.earthsight.org.uk/news/unhappy...

Unhappy Campers: How America's RV industry is destroying Indonesia's rainforests

Our new investigation reveals that wood used in America’s favourite RVs can be traced to the devastation of Borneo’s rainforests

www.earthsight.org.uk

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