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Where does your food come from? Scientist (@ELI_UCLouvain @TraseEarth) making the food system more sustainable and transparent. Cofundador: @dopastoaoprato.

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A handful of commodities (🐮🌴🍫☕️) cause a third of all #deforestation, harming millions of forest-dependent people, the climate & biodiversity

A few commodity traders (Cargill, Wilmar, Olam, etc) handle this trade

Here’s what you need to know about their sourcing practices 🧵

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Anúncio no português aqui: https://t.co/lGpi3Se5ed

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🖥 Papel: Cientisa de dados
🍫 Localização: UCLouvain, Bélgica. Acessível a Bruxelas e Louvain-la-Neuve.
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2️⃣ Duração: 2 anos
📅 Prazo: 5 de setembro de 2024.

[Dr. Kimberly Carlson @tropicalscience]

SUPER excited to announce the launch of the @NYUEnvrStudies PhD program! We are searching for a first cohort of *fully funded* students to start in Fall 2025 who will tackle pressing environmental problems using interdisciplinary approaches. Details here! https://t.co/vWL7Fvcfhb

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Real banger of a new paper on global temp/gdp relationships by Adrian Bilal and Diego Kanzig. SCC of >$1000 under pretty conservative interpretation of their results! Link here: https://t.co/eEeXshwnH7

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Read the Mongabay blog for more details: https://t.co/aGXLeY4wDU
And the original article for the full story: https://t.co/ScKAn3JKC2

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In the fight against deforestation, everyone is talking about TRACEABILITY. In a new article in Conservation Letters, we warn traceability should not be seen as a silver bullet - outline what governments and companies need to do next.
https://t.co/aGXLeY4wDU

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Only by encouraging companies to measure success at multiple scales can initiatives for sustainable commodity sourcing create the right mix of incentives for addressing deforestation.

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China just licensed beef imports from 24 new Brazilian slaughterhouses. In a recent @wef article we highlight the opportunities for sustainable trade that stem from growing Brazil-China trade links.

Article: https://t.co/nJN4UOvekX

New slaughterhouses: https://t.co/M2hqmg0nYg

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Interested in corporate accountability? Apply for an internship and join our team! Deadline is 31 March
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Read the full article here: https://t.co/nJN4UOvekX

Co-authored with Yuan Zhuang and Andre Vasconcelos 🙏

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China is a huge and growing market for Brazilian beef exports.

Here are four opportunities this brings for sustainable trade.

New article in @wef: https://t.co/nJN4UOvekX

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4. And there are lessons from Chinese companies’ experience with other sectors. The Chinese trader COFCO International has, for example, recently incorporated a deforestation- and conversion-free sourcing conditions for soy imports from Brazil.