Judge in Brazil orders slaughterhouses to pay for Amazon reforestation

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Published September 5, 2024 3:55 pm

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A court in the Brazilian state of Rondonia has found two beef slaughterhouses guilty of buying cattle out of what is supposed to be a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon, which is illegal. Raising cattle on protected land is a major source of deforestation. The companies Distriboi and Irmãos Gonçalves were convicted to pay compensation for environmental damages. They can appeal the decision.

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