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Expanding the Soy Moratorium to Brazil’s Cerrado

Modeling study
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Authored by Sotteroni, A. ,Ramos, F.M.,Mosnier, A. ,Farjione, J. ,Andrade, P.R. ,Baumgarten, L. ,Perker, J. ,Obersteiner, M.

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Sustainability Tools:

Amazon Soy Moratorium
Cerrado Working Group

Sustainability Issues:

Climate change
Forests and other ecosystems

Outcomes of Interest:

Climate change adaptation/resilience
Conversion and protection of non-forest natural ecosystems
Deforestation and forest protection

Specific Themes:

Landscape approaches
Scalability / scalable solutions

Sectors:

Agriculture

Products:

Soy

Sustainable Development Goals:

SDG 12 - Responsible Production and Consumption
SDG 13 - Climate Action
Region/Country:

Geographies:

South America

Countries:

Brazil

Summary

The study presents the first quantitative analysis of expanding the Soy Moratorium (SoyM) from the Brazilian Amazon to the Cerrado biome.

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Expanding the Soy Moratorium to Brazil’s Cerrado

Modeling study
Journal article

Published July 2019 by Science Advances. Authored by Sotteroni, A. , Ramos, F.M., Mosnier, A. , Farjione, J. , Andrade, P.R. , Baumgarten, L. , Perker, J. and Obersteiner, M.

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