TY - JOUR
T1 - Zero deforestation in the Amazon
T2 - The Soy Moratorium and global forest governance
AU - Paim, Maria Augusta
N1 - This article has been written in the context of the ‘BRIDGE – Building Resilience in a Dynamic Global Economy’ project, funded by the Newton Fund, a collaboration between the Brazilian FAPESC and the UK ESRC research councils, grant No. ES/N013174/1.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has recently increased, and one of the main driv-ers is the expansion of soy production for international markets. The Soy Moratorium (SM) is a market- based, zero- deforestation commitment banning traders from pur-chasing soy produced in the Amazon’s deforested land after July 2008. Combined with public conservation policies, the SM has contributed to a decrease in the direct conversion of forests for soy production. This article considers the SM’s links with global forest protection, revealing that measures to protect forests at local levels are consistent with global trends. Specifically, the article suggests that the SM exempli-fies the growing importance of non- State actors in global environmental protection, the close relationship between forest protection and climate change goals, and the reconciliation of environmental practices with economic growth. As such, the article helps explain how the SM advance global forest governance at a time of erosion of environmental protection.
AB - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has recently increased, and one of the main driv-ers is the expansion of soy production for international markets. The Soy Moratorium (SM) is a market- based, zero- deforestation commitment banning traders from pur-chasing soy produced in the Amazon’s deforested land after July 2008. Combined with public conservation policies, the SM has contributed to a decrease in the direct conversion of forests for soy production. This article considers the SM’s links with global forest protection, revealing that measures to protect forests at local levels are consistent with global trends. Specifically, the article suggests that the SM exempli-fies the growing importance of non- State actors in global environmental protection, the close relationship between forest protection and climate change goals, and the reconciliation of environmental practices with economic growth. As such, the article helps explain how the SM advance global forest governance at a time of erosion of environmental protection.
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U2 - 10.1111/reel.12408
DO - 10.1111/reel.12408
M3 - Article
SN - 2050-0386
VL - 30
SP - 220
EP - 232
JO - Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law
JF - Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law
IS - 2
ER -
