Trase explainer: Gross CO2 emissions from soy deforestation and conversion in Brazil
Gross CO2 emissions 2013-2020
Gross CO2 emissions 2013-2020

Can Brazil and China use their outsized influence over the global trade in agricultural commodities to reduce deforestation, limit climate change and support food security?

Instituto Centro de Vida and Trase have published a new dataset on deforestation permits that could help companies, regulators and financial institutions manage deforestation risks in supply chains.

Trase maps global supply chains of agricultural commodities, providing insight into how consumer markets are linked to deforestation and other environmental impacts via their imports. This explainer on Brazilian beef presents the results of our analysis of the latest data for 2021, 2022 and 2023.