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Monitoring Protocol defines environmental commitments for livestock farming in the Cerrado

Monitoring Protocol defines environmental commitments for livestock farming in the Cerrado

24 April 2024

Common socio-environmental responsibility criteria will be an ally against growing deforestation in this vital Brazilian biome.

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Transamazonica Connections landscape initiative completes Phase I

Transamazonica Connections landscape initiative completes Phase I

8 April 2024

The project succeeded in completing its objectives, achieving unprecedented engagement and mobilisation of multiple livestock stakeholders in Novo Repartimento, Pará, Brazil, leading to stakeholders owning and managing the Sustainable Livestock Forum.

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Multistakeholder engagement on sustainable transition of soy and cattle sectors

Multistakeholder engagement on sustainable transition of soy and cattle sectors

6 November 2023

Proforest, TFA and the Consumer Goods Forum Forest Positive Coalition of Action (CGF FPC) are in Brazil this week for a number of key meetings and activities focused on the sustainable transition of the soy and cattle sectors. 

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Alliance to Reduce Deforestation and Promote Low Carbon Livestock Farming in the Transamazonic Region of Pará State

Alliance to Reduce Deforestation and Promote Low Carbon Livestock Farming in the Transamazonic Region of Pará State

17 October 2023

The result of a partnership between Solidaridad, Imaflora and Proforest, the Transamazonica Connections programme promotes multisectoral coordination in the region.

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The Cerrado Protocol Advances to a New Phase

The Cerrado Protocol Advances to a New Phase

3 October 2022

The ”Voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado” is approaching the end of the evaluation phase of the socio-environmental criteria and analysis rules. Read the trial version of the Protocol at www.cerradoprotocol.net.

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The New Voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado

The New Voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado

1 October 2021

Tackling social and environmental issues associated with cattle production in the Brazilian Cerrado.

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Online event: Voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado – Key results from the consultation

Online event: Voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado – Key results from the consultation

28 September 2021

Companies sourcing cattle products from the Brazilian Cerrado have started to develop responsible sourcing strategies to avoid purchases linked with social and environmental issues in the Cerrado biome. The world’s most biodiverse...

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Tyson Foods Partners with Proforest to Conduct Global Deforestation Risk Assessment

Tyson Foods Partners with Proforest to Conduct Global Deforestation Risk Assessment

29 October 2019

Findings from the risk assessment will inform the development of a Tyson Foods Forest Protection Policy in 2020

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Addressing soy and beef driven deforestation in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay

Addressing soy and beef driven deforestation in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay

31 January 2018

Proforest supported the first phase of the Collaboration for Forests and Agriculture to address commodity-driven deforestation in the Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco biomes.

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10 years of GTPS: lessons learnt to be presented at the next General Assembly

10 years of GTPS: lessons learnt to be presented at the next General Assembly

16 November 2017

This year, the Brazilian Roundtable on Sustainable Livestock (GTPS, in Portuguese) is celebrating its 10-year anniversary via events on 16-17 November in São Paulo. Proforest has been gathering lessons learnt during its first 10 years.

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