To save the Amazon, Brazil needs China’s commitment

The statement asserts that China's influence as Brazil's largest trading partner is critical for saving the Amazon. It highlights that 52% of Brazil's exported beef and 7% of its exported soybeans go to China, making Chinese demand a primary driver of deforestation. The author calls for China to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains, stop financial institutions from funding deforestation-risk commodities, and establish a joint China-Brazil task force to coordinate climate and biodiversity efforts to meet the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use goal of ending deforestation by 2030.

• China's role as a major importer of Brazilian commodities makes it a key influence on Amazonian deforestation, with China receiving 52% of Brazil's exported beef and 7% of its exported soybeans.
• The Amazon is approaching a tipping point where it may become unable to sustain its own water cycles and transform into savannah, with 17% of the forest already cleared and 38% of the remainder degraded.
• Chinese financial institutions are linked to deforestation, having earned an estimated US$554 million from deals involving soy, beef, palm oil, and pulp and paper supply chains between 2015 and 2020.
• To end deforestation by 2030 as committed under the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use, the author proposes the creation of a joint task force chaired by key ministers from China and Brazil to coordinate trade, agriculture, and enforcement agencies.

APA

Global Witness (n.d.). To save the Amazon, Brazil needs China’s commitment. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/to-save-the-amazon-brazil-needs-chinas-commitment/

Chicago

Global Witness. To save the Amazon, Brazil needs China’s commitment. n.d. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/to-save-the-amazon-brazil-needs-chinas-commitment/.

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BibTeX

@misc{globalwitnessndsave, author = {{Global Witness}}, title = {{To save the Amazon, Brazil needs China’s commitment}}, publisher = {Global Witness}, url = {https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/to-save-the-amazon-brazil-needs-chinas-commitment/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }