Greenpeace Links Jbs To Cattle Illegally Raised In Indigenous Lands

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Greenpeace has alleged that Brazilian beef elephantine JBS indirectly purchased cattle raised connected protected indigenous onshore successful nan Amazon rainforest.

The animals were allegedly reared successful nan Pequizal do Naruvôtu Indigenous Territory.

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According to Greenpeace, betwixt 2018 and 2025, Brazilian agribusiness entrepreneur Mauro Fernando Schaedler transferred astatine slightest 1,238 cattle from a workplace overlapping pinch this territory to different spot pinch nary recorded irregularities.

Greenpeace said this transportation was carried retired to disguise nan root of nan animals, a believe referred to arsenic ‘cattle laundering’.

The activistic group alleged that these animals were later supplied to 2 JBS slaughterhouses authorised for exports.

One of nan facilities, located successful Água Boa, Mato Grosso state, received cattle from Fazenda Itapirana from February 2019 until February 2025. This slaughterhouse is authorised to export to destinations including Hong Kong.

The 2nd slaughterhouse, successful Barra do Garças, bought cattle from Fazenda Itapirana betwixt 2018 and 2021 and exported nutrient to respective European countries during that period.

JBS had not responded to Just Food’s petition for remark connected nan Greenpeace allegations astatine nan clip of writing.

In a statement, Greenpeace said nan installation “continues” to export to Europe “today”, though it has not identified information showing purchases from Fazenda Itapirana aft July 2021.

“This investigation provides conscionable 1 illustration of really JBS and ample corporations profit and grow from nan absence of a comprehensive, effective and transparent power strategy for their proviso chain, which indirectly supports biology harm and nan usurpation of law authorities and guarantees, particularly nan basal authorities of Indigenous Peoples successful Brazil,” Greenpeace’s connection read.

The organisation urged European governments and parliamentarians to cull nan EU-Mercosur waste and acquisition statement to guarantee nan “swift application” of nan EU Deforestation Regulation.