💥 Trase is using AI-driven detection + satellite imagery to expand known Brazilian soy facilities to 9,300+ records, revealing hundreds previously missing. This boosts transparency to support deforestation-free, traceable supply chains.
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Helen Bellfield, Chris West and Toby Gardner
Trase is pleased to announce that Chris West, from the Stockholm Environment Institute York, has been appointed as Trase’s new co-director, replacing SEI’s Toby Gardner.
Updated facilities database: Enhanced data on soy facilities in Brazil
⚡We’ve updated our Trase soy facilities database🌱
This verified open-access dataset on soy facilities in Brazil can help companies and financial institutions manage environmental & social supply-chain risks.
Explore: trase.earth/explore/faci...
💧The dataset behind our new Trase water analysis is now available 💧
It includes soy and beef supply chain data on water use, deforestation and GHG emissions.
Explore it here 👉 zenodo.org/records/1492...
💧Trase and Water Witness International launch new analysis on water use in Brazil’s beef and soy sectors.
It shows where traders face the greatest water-scarcity risks and calls for urgent action to invest in stressed areas and support more efficient farming.
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1️⃣ Updated analysis of Brazilian soy showed rising deforestation and conversion risks, especially in the Cerrado, with major import markets and large traders most exposed.
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2️⃣ New analysis explored how companies can implement the EUDR while keeping smallholder farmers at the centre, using open supply chain approaches that support compliance without exclusion.
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3️⃣ Fresh data on Brazilian beef revealed rising deforestation and emissions linked to exports between 2020 and 2023, highlighting the need to address pasture expansion risks.
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4️⃣ Trase launched new open datasets mapping key supply chain facilities, including slaughterhouses, mills and cooperatives, to support risk assessment and reporting.
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5️⃣ With ClientEarth, Trase assessed how publicly available geospatial data can support EUDR compliance and enforcement, helping assess deforestation and legality risks.
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💡 In 2025, Trase published insights that sharpened the focus on deforestation, legality and supply chain transparency. Below are our top 5 most-read insights of the year 👇
🚨 New dataset with unauthorised deforestation in Brazil 🚨
86% of deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado (2009-2024) lacked authorisation.
New ASV (Authorisation for the Suppression of Vegetation) data shows implications for global beef and soy supply chains.
Explore 👉 trase.earth/insights/new...
As importações de carne bovina brasileira pela China tiveram a maior exposição ao desmatamento
Quem Está Importando a Carne Bovina Brasileira e Qual a Exposição ao Desmatamento? 🌍
A China é, de longe, o maior importador (59% em 2023) e o país com a maior exposição ao desmatamento, que saltou de 124.000 ha em 2015 para 564.000 ha em 2023.
#Pecuária #CadeiaDeSuprimentos #China #EUA
graph showing Greenhouse gas emissions of Indonesian pulpwood production are primarily driven by the expansion and operation of plantations on peatlands
Peat subsidence in Indonesia’s productive pulpwood plantations released 76 million tonnes of CO₂-eq in 2024, roughly equal to Ireland’s total emissions in 2022.
Peat subsidence alone makes up about 95% of the sector’s land-use emissions.
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O desmatamento por tonelada de produção de carne bovina aumentou, especialmente, na região da Amazônia brasileira
Exportação de Carne Bovina e Desmatamento no Brasil 🥩
Em 2023, 7,5 milhões de hectares de pastagens cobriram terras recentemente desmatadas, um aumento de +36% desde 2020
Enquanto isso, a produção de carne bovina cresceu 15%. A intensidade do desmatamento subiu 50% na Amazônia no período.
#Amazônia
graphs showing how Indonesia's pulp sector has grown over the past decade
⚠️ Corporate sustainability commitments like the NDPE aren’t enough to eliminate Indonesia’s pulp-driven deforestation.
Most deforestation in the sector is beyond companies’ NDPE policies, which cover only current supply chains, not future wood development.
👉 Explore trase.earth/insights/ind...
Graph showing that deforestation for planted pulpwood in Indonesia is decreasing for the first time after year-on-year increases since 2021
🚨New Trase data on Indonesia’s wood pulp sector🚨
🌳Deforestation for wood pulp fell 55% in 2024 after an eight-year high in 2023. Kalimantan remains a hotspot and pulp production is still a major driver in Indonesia.
Read the full explainer👉 trase.earth/insights/ind...
GEIC indicator 2025 updates are live 🎯
Developed by SEI & @trase.earth with #Defra and @jncc.bsky.social, GEIC calculates global consumption impacts.
Today’s release includes:
📊 global data up to 2023
🗺️ more countries and territories
🧮 new comparison options
👉 Explore: buff.ly/mT4IfJL
Team photo of Dari Santos, Paula Bernasconi, André Vasconcelos, Toby Gardner and Mairon G. Bastos Lima at COP30 in Belem
👥 Over 2 intense weeks, the team presented Trase data in 8 events at #COP30, and joined conversations with leaders in government, civil society, and business.
🌳 We’re grateful for the meaningful discussions on transparency and #sustainability in the #Amazon, and excited to keep up the momentum!
Amazonian Deforestation is much worse and more complex than previously thought
Toby Gardner speaking at the WWF launch at COP30 in Belem
WWF launched the Amazon Footprint Report 2025 at #COP30.
Trase Co-Director Toby Gardner highlighted the need for sustained momentum:
“The big companies have a critical role to play, being accountable for the impacts they are linked to.”🗣️
Read the brief👉 www.sei.org/publications...
Excellent to see Trase Co-Director Toby Gardner moderating the exciting launch of this FAO report at #COP30.
Come along tomorrow to our #COP30 roundtable on how public procurement can boost food security and sustainable food systems in the Amazon 🦎
🗓️ 20 Nov | 14:00–15:00 BRT | Action on Food Hub, Blue Zone.
Dari Santos joins to share insights from Do pasto ao prato.
#FoodSecurity #ClimateAction
Read our recent analysis on the outsized carbon-saving potential of seven companies👉 trase.earth/insights/lev...
Read our recent analysis on the outsized carbon-saving potential of seven companies👉 trase.earth/insights/lev...
Join us at #COP30 for a discussion on #deforestation in the Amazon and how to prevent an ecological tipping point. ⚖️
Toby Gardner joins to discuss DCF supply chains, policy and forest protection.
🗓️ 17 Nov | 11:30 BRT | WWF Pavilion
🔗 Info: 8e50546a78f9495788387920074722fc.elf.site#calendar-8e5...
Toby Gardner speaking at COP30 in the China Pavilion
Speaking at the China Pavilion at #COP30, Trase Co-Director, Toby Gardner, says Brazil and China’s decisions could reshape sustainable commodity trade and curb #deforestation🚜
“Shared risks can only be addressed by shared engagement and collaborative action.”💬
Events👉 trase.earth/events/trase...
André Vasconcelos at a WWF event at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
André Vasconcelos speaking at a WWF event at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
At #COP30, Trase’s André Vasconcelos shared a clear message:
“When there is political will, when there is determination to address deforestation, it is possible.” 👊
He highlighted DeDuce data showing how markets drive Amazon #deforestation and why targeted action matters. 🌳
🌎Meet the Trase team who will be attending COP30 in Belém!
🔗 Explore our #COP30 page to learn more about our events, speakers, and latest insights:
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#DeforestationFree #ClimateAction #NetZero
Join us at the #COP30 in Belém for a conversation with experts and country representatives about leveraging trade relationships and policy enablers for tropical forests.
The good news is that deforestation in general reduced in 2024. If Brazil maintains its current efforts, sustaining these gains will depend on how effectively its beef supply chains address conversion risks and emissions.🔗https://trase.earth/insights/brazilian-beef-exports-and-deforestation-2025
