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Protest for the Amazon
August 8, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝟴/𝟴 (𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟴) to raise awareness of the worst deforestation on record this past May 2019. The Brazilian government in conjunction with animal feed companies is turning the Amazon rainforests into meat burgers.
Global actions will take place with protests to Brazilian Embassies.
𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗:
Mighty Earth, a Washington DC group, released a report called „Still At It“ which points to large-scale forest-clearing by Bolivian and Brazilian farmers who trade soybeans with Cargill. Mighty Earth used satellite imaging and supply-chain mapping information from the Stockholm Environment Institute, an environmental think tank, to identify deforestation in Brazil where two American-based food giants, Cargill and Bunge, are the only known agricultural traders.
The group used drones to record the clearing of forests and savannas in areas where Cargill operates silos.
The report, said McDonald’s had expressed a “desire for collective joint action with its suppliers” about the problem.
The company had not provided information about its supply chain but “publicly available data shows that it is Cargill’s biggest customer in Europe”, the report added.
…In February, The New York Times spoke to local farmers in Bolivia in the areas covered by the first Mighty report and was told by ones who had cleared forest areas that they had sold soy to Cargill.
While Cargill is hardly well known, it is the largest private firm in the US in terms of revenue.
The Mighty Earth report in February used satellite images, drones and mapping information to find evidence of significant deforestation in areas of Brazil and Bolivia where Cargill and another major company, Bunge, buy from farmers.
𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀:
„Deforestation in Amazon surges to a record high,“ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/04/deforestation-of-brazilian-amazon-surges-to-record-high-bolsonaro
„We must not barter the Amazon rainforest for burgers and steaks,“ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2019/jul/02/barter-amazon-rainforest-burgers-steaks-brazil
Mighty Earth, 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝘁 𝗜𝘁 available on-line at http://www.mightyearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/StillAtIt.pdf
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 has a great expose here:
„A few months ago, a representative from Cargill traveled to this remote colony in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands in the southernmost reaches of the vast Amazon River basin with an enticing offer.
The American agricultural giant wanted to buy soybeans from the Mennonite residents, descendants of European peasants who had been carving settlements out of the thick forest for more than 40 years. The company would finance a local warehouse and weighing station so farmers could sell their produce directly to Cargill on-site, the man said, according to local residents.“
See also 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/mcdonalds-beef-burgers-amazon-rainforest-deforestation-cargill-bunge-a7741541.html
“Despite the positive past steps McDonald’s has taken, everything we know about their suppliers suggests they’re still chock full of deforestation.”