Indigenous Leaders from across Brazil hand in their own letter and 200,000-strong petition to Downing Street, asking the UK government to suspend trade talks with Brazil until the Amazon and its people are protected.
Their letter will call on the UK government to put Indigenous rights, human rights and environmental protections first in any future trade talks or deals with the Brazilian government. They are also meeting with UK companies including Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Iceland and the British Retail Consortium to discuss the impact soya grown for animal feed is having on Brazil’s forests, Indigenous lives and protected areas. Burger King, KFC and McDonald’s were invited to the meeting, organised by Greenpeace, but declined to attend, as did UK meat giants 2 Sisters Food Group, Moy Park and Avara Foods, some of the biggest users of soya.