Tapajós National Forest in Brazil

The Tapajós National Forest is a Brazilian conservation unit, created by Federal Law on 19 February 1974. Covering an area of approximately 545 thousand hectares and is located in the west of Pará state. The area includes the Tapajós and Cupari rivers and the BR 163-Santarém-Cuiabá road.

Unique identifier: GP0STOLFE

Type: Image

Shoot date: 21/07/2013

Locations: Amazon, Brazil, National Forest Tapajós, Pará, South America

Credit line: © Greenpeace / John Novis

Size: 8000px × 2991px 14MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Amazon Soya Documentation

The soya industry has temporarily stopped buying produce from newly-deforested areas in the Amazon, but permanent protection is not guaranteed.
A Soya Working Group was created to support the implementation of the moratorium. Members include soya traders such as Bunge, Cargill, ADM and Amaggi, as well as NGOs including Greenpeace, Conservation International, TNC, IPAM and WWF. The Brazilian government also committed to support the moratorium by speeding up the registration and mapping of rural properties. This includes designating environmental and economic zoning within the Amazon biome and prioritising areas where soya production is concentrated. The government also monitors and searches for newly deforested areas, using advanced satellite mapping at a higher level of detail than before.

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