VOLUNTARY MONITORING PROTOCOL FOR CATTLE SUPPLIERS IN THE CERRADO – Draft 1 for consultation – July, 2021
Building from the experience of Imaflora working with the 3 largest meatpackers and the 3 largest retailers in Brazil in the harmonization of the Amazon Protocol, Proforest and Imaflora have partnered together to develop a voluntary monitoring protocol for cattle suppliers in the Cerrado, with a similar objective of facilitating the implementation of best practices for monitoring direct cattle suppliers in the biome.
Click here to access the document: https://www.beefontrack.org/public/media/arquivos/1628706482-2021-imaflora-protocolo_de_monitoramento_cerrado-ingles_compressed.pdf
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