Technical Document - Beef Cattle Productivity Index in the Brazilian Amazon (in Portuguese)
This document is a summary of the result of the first stage of the partnership between the Fundação de Estudos Agrários Luiz de Queiroz (Fealq) and the Institute of Forest and Agricultural Management and Certification (IMAFLORA), aiming at building the Productivity Index of the beef cattle in the Brazilian Amazon.
Click here to access the document: https://www.beefontrack.org/public/media/arquivos/1607625914-documento_tecnico_-_indice_de_produtividade_da_pecuaria_de_corte_na_amazonia.pdf
Technical Report: Analysis of Certification Systems for Heather Production
Document describes and analyses three certification programs applicable to leather: Brazilian Leather Sustainability Certification Program (CSCB), Leather Working Group (LWG), and Istituto di Certificazione della Qualità per l'Area Pelle (LWG, the Italian Quality Certification Institute for the Leather Sector). Beef on Track, December 2020.
Repórter Brasil: BNDES finances beef companies that buy from deforested farms and use slave labour
Research by NGO Repórter Brasil shows that, despite the bank's internal by-laws forbidding the slaughter of animals in illegal areas, control is still lacking and contracts continue to be upheld
COP26 sheds light on the role of Brazilian agribusiness in the face of climate change
And the sector was a major topic in lateral discussions at the convention.