1000 Days

The document highlights that companies pledging to end deforestation by 2020 have approximately 1,000 days remaining. It cites the Brazilian Soy Moratorium as a successful precedent where soy-driven deforestation in the Amazon dropped to almost zero in under 1,000 days. The author specifically identifies Bunge and Cargill as being responsible for the majority of soy destruction in frontier areas and calls for employees and customers of these firms to pressure them to change their practices.

• Companies that pledged to end deforestation by 2020 have approximately 1,000 days remaining to achieve this goal as of January 2018.
• The Brazilian Soy Moratorium is presented as a major climate success, reducing soy-related deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon from 25% of the total to nearly zero in less than 1,000 days.
• Bunge and Cargill are identified as the primary drivers of soy-related forest destruction in frontier areas, meaning they possess the power to stop it.
• Progress has been noted in other sectors, including the chocolate industry, the tire industry, and the palm oil sector, as well as the governments of Ghana and Ivory Coast committing to end forest destruction.
• The author claims that the success seen in the Amazon could be expanded across South America for a cost of less than $1 million per year.

APA

Hurowitz, G. (2018). 1000 Days. Mighty Earth. https://mightyearth.org/article/1000-days/

Chicago

Hurowitz, Glenn. 1000 Days. Mighty Earth, 2018. https://mightyearth.org/article/1000-days/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Hurowitz |first1=Glenn |title=1000 Days |publisher=Mighty Earth |date=15 January 2018 |url=https://mightyearth.org/article/1000-days/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{hurowitz20181000, author = {Hurowitz, Glenn}, title = {{1000 Days}}, publisher = {Mighty Earth}, year = {2018}, month = jan, url = {https://mightyearth.org/article/1000-days/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }