Three ways Lula and Biden can work together to fight deforestation

Global Witness proposes that the U.S. and Brazil collaborate to protect the Amazon by centering Indigenous rights, passing the FOREST Act to end illegal deforestation imports, and stopping U.S. financial institutions from funding deforestation-risk commodities.

• The Amazon rainforest is facing a critical tipping point where it may be unable to sustain its own hydrological cycles, potentially transforming large parts of the ecosystem into a savannah. Current data indicates that 17% of the Amazon has been deforested and 38% of the remaining forest is degraded.
• Brazil is one of the deadliest countries for land and environmental defenders, with over 85% of these killings occurring within the Brazilian Amazon; one-third of those killed are Indigenous or Afro-descendants.
• Voluntary corporate commitments to end deforestation are often ineffective. For example, the beef company JBS continued to source from farms linked to land grabbing, slave labor, and deforestation despite its own commitments and legal agreements with Brazilian prosecutors.
• The U.S. could curb illegal deforestation by passing the FOREST Act, which would ban the import of products causing illegal deforestation and provide a regulatory framework to align markets with national climate commitments.
• U.S. financial institutions have profited significantly from deforestation-risk commodities. Between 2015 and 2020, U.S. institutions profited an estimated $538 million from deals involving soy, beef, palm oil, and pulp and paper supply chains.

APA

Global Witness (n.d.). Three ways Lula and Biden can work together to fight deforestation. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/three-ways-lula-and-biden-can-work-together-fight-deforestation/

Chicago

Global Witness. Three ways Lula and Biden can work together to fight deforestation. n.d. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/three-ways-lula-and-biden-can-work-together-fight-deforestation/.

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@misc{globalwitnessndthree, author = {{Global Witness}}, title = {{Three ways Lula and Biden can work together to fight deforestation}}, publisher = {Global Witness}, url = {https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/three-ways-lula-and-biden-can-work-together-fight-deforestation/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }