by Center for Climate Crime Analysis | Jun 26, 2024 | English, Deforestation in Brazil
Last November, French NGO Sherpa filed a complaint with the French National Prosecutor’s Office against French banks BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, BPCE and Axa. It called for a criminal investigation into money laundering and concealment, arguing that the banks’... 
by Center for Climate Crime Analysis | Jun 26, 2024 | Portuguese, Deforestation in Brazil
Even today, the Amazon has 143 million hectares of land that has not yet been set aside. This is so much land that it would fit the countries of France, Germany and Spain combined. And it is precisely on these “no man’s lands” that deforestation,... 
by Center for Climate Crime Analysis | Jun 26, 2024 | English, Deforestation in Brazil, News
An investigation into two carbon credit projects located in the Brazilian Amazon has revealed potential ties to illegal timber laundering. These projects are overseen by Ricardo Stoppe Jr., recognized as Brazil’s top individual seller of carbon credits, whose... 
by Center for Climate Crime Analysis | Sep 5, 2022 | English, Deforestation in Brazil, News
It comes as Mighty Earth launches a new report and campaign on Amazon Day calling on the French retail giant to urgently act to clean up its supply chains and cut ties with industrial meat and soy traders driving deforestation. Read full story here 
by Center for Climate Crime Analysis | Nov 8, 2022 | English, Deforestation in Brazil, News
French supermarket chain Casino is being sued by indigenous groups from the Amazon, for allegedly selling beef linked to deforestation. Read the full story here 
by Center for Climate Crime Analysis | Jul 7, 2022 | English, Deforestation in Brazil, News
The text, proposed in February by deputy Juarez Costa (MDB-MT), intends to change part of the Forest Code. Due to its location and environmental configuration, the state of Mato Grosso is subject to different rules from other important agricultural production regions...