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Ultimately, the impacts of trade agreements reverberate in local communities, in the individual lives of women, men and children, and in the destruction of the unique areas of forest and habitats which surround them.
This...
02/12/2020
Cuiabá, June, 22nd 2020
Civil society organisations are concerned about Brazilian State Bill 17/2020, proposed by the governor of Mato Grosso, Mauro Mendes. Contradicting the federal legislation, this Bill authorises the...
26/06/2020
Em junho de 2019, a União Europeia (UE) e o Mercosul (Brasil, Paraguai, Argentina e Uruguai) anunciaram que haviam chegado a um acordo "de princípio" em torno do conteúdo de um acordo comercial bilateral negociado há mais de 20...
02/06/2020
On August 29, twenty-six NGOs, have sent an open letter to European leaders urging them to end European complicity in the fires raging in the Amazon.
NGOs believe the EU can act decisively in two ways.
1. Suspend...
29/08/2019
On June 18, 340+ civil society organizations wrote to call on the European Union to use its influence to prevent a worsening human rights and environmental situation in Brazil.
18/06/2019
Uma nova realidade se materializou no Brasil nos 100 primeiros dias desde que Jair Bolsonaro assumiu a presidência da quarta maior democracia do mundo.
O número de incursões de invasores armados nas terras de povos indígenas...
10/04/2019
The EU has made strong commitments to mitigate climate change, stop deforestation and respect human rights, including community rights to land. The trade agreements the EU is currently negotiating with highly forested countries...
20/10/2018
Cattle and deforestation
Beef production is the biggest agricultural driver of global forest loss. Forests in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, all members of the Mercosur trade bloc, are being destroyed on an epic scale to make...
26/05/2018
On April 25, European and international NGOs send an open letter to the European Commission calling for the EU to put human rights and sustainability at the forefront of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Mercosur.
After...
24/04/2018
This publication shows how existing national and international legal frameworks can support sustainable agriculture in Brazil, thereby reducing pressure to convert forests to large plantations. Small-scale farmers are increasingly...
10/01/2018