Brazil: Deforestation dispute reaches Supreme Court

The soy moratorium, an agreement focused on protecting the Amazon Forest from soybean expansion, has reached Brazil’s highest court amid a dispute between farmers, exporting companies and environmentalists. Signed in 2006, the agreement prohibits the purchase of soybeans from areas deforested after July 2008. Major trading companies such as Amaggi, Cargill, and Bunge are amongst the signers, which have pledged not to buy grains from land that does not comply with this criterion. Howe