Indonesian pulp exports and deforestation 2023 - 2024 new release

Maria Tyldesley

Researcher

Maria works in the research team, mapping commodity supply chains and investigating their social and environmental impacts, principally in Latin America. She joined Trase in 2017. Before that, she contributed to research for a range of environmental NGOs and academic institutions and completed fieldwork in Brazil’s semi-arid region. Maria holds degrees in Latin American studies from the University of Liverpool (BA, 2012) and Environment, Society and Development from the University of Cambridge (MPhil, 2014).

Insights by Maria Tyldesley

3 Sep 2024
8 min read

Deforestation and climate change threaten Bolivia’s soy sector

Bolivia's soy industry faces an uncertain future as production plummets and a major player sells its operations. Trase looks at evidence of the impacts of deforestation and climate change on soy production and considers what it could mean for the industry in South America.

Men work at a soy field in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

23 Aug 2023
7 min read

Soy expansion drives deforestation in Bolivia

The rate of deforestation and land conversion driven by soy production in Bolivia is seven times higher than Brazil. Limited exports of soy from Bolivia beyond the Andes region means there is little exposure for the EU or other consumer markets outside South America.

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