Major soy buyers plan to exit the Amazon Soy Moratorium, a voluntary pact that kept deforestation-linked soy out of global supply chains for nearly 20 years.

Critics warn the move could undo hard-won gains, especially in Mato Grosso, where deforestation is rising despite national declines.

by Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/soy-giants-drop-amazon-no-deforestation-pledge-as-subsidies-come-under-threat/

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Major soy buyers plan to exit the Amazon Soy Moratorium, a voluntary pact that kept deforestation-linked soy out of global supply chains for nearly 20 years.

Critics warn the move could undo hard-won gains, especially in Mato Grosso, where deforestation is rising despite national declines.

by Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/soy-giants-drop-amazon-no-deforestation-pledge-as-subsidies-come-under-threat/

#news #amazon #conservation #soy #deforestation #environment

Brazil’s antitrust regulator, CADE, on Sept. 30 decided to suspend the Amazon soy moratorium from Jan. 1, 2026.

Depending on the probe’s course of action, this could dismantle one of the nation’s most important private sector pacts credited with slowing deforestation of the tropical rainforest for soy plantations.

by Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/brazil-soy-deal-that-curbs-amazon-deforestation-to-be-suspended-in-2026/

#news #deforestation #soy #conservation #Amazon #rainforests #Brazil

Brazil’s antitrust regulator, CADE, on Sept. 30 decided to suspend the Amazon soy moratorium from Jan. 1, 2026.

Depending on the probe’s course of action, this could dismantle one of the nation’s most important private sector pacts credited with slowing deforestation of the tropical rainforest for soy plantations.

by Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/brazil-soy-deal-that-curbs-amazon-deforestation-to-be-suspended-in-2026/

#news #deforestation #soy #conservation #Amazon #rainforests #Brazil