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Only soy products that do not directly or indirectly destroy ancient rainforests, or intensify climate change and other problems inherent with large-scale industrial monocultures, will be tolerated in international markets
The greatest emerging threat to Amazon rainforests and communities is industrial soy plantations. Huge mechanized, soy monocultures destroy tropical ecosystems, accelerate climate change and cause human rights abuses primarily to produce agrofuel and livestock feed. The soya industry wipes out biodiversity, destroys soil fertility, pollutes freshwater and displaces communities. Soybean production expands the agricultural frontier not only through fire and deforestation to clear ancient rainforests, but more importantly by pushing cattle ranches and displacing forest peoples further into natural rainforest ecosystems.
With rising soy and other agricultural commodity prices, there has been a marked increase in fires and Amazonian deforestation to clear new agricultural lands from primary rainforests. In reaction Brazil has again announced increased agricultural deforestation enforcement. Amazon rainforest sustainability critically depends upon new soybean production being kept out of ancient primary rainforest ecosystems. Let's continue the commitment of Ecological Internet's Earth Action Network to strongly speak ecological truth to intransigent power.
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Boycott Called for Soybeans Coming from the Deforested Amazon Region of Brazil
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Global Ecological Emergency: Brazil Must Succeed in Keeping Soybeans Out of Amazon Rainforest
Rainforest Portal, February 12, 2008
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Anonymous
Feb 14 2008, 10:10 PM
Of course, other than Brazil the main sources of soy beans are USA and Argentina and while Brazil's soybeans are mostly non-GMO, USA and Argentina's are mostly GMO.
GMO soybeans have been shown to kill rats and make surviving rats sterile -
http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/New...ailur/index.cfm
www.i-sis.org.uk/GM_Soya_Fed_Rats.php
So boycotting Amazonian soybeans is fine but make sure to also boycott GMO (genetically modified) soybeans.