Greenpeace Unearthed | How British chicken is linked to deforestation and fires in Brazil @GreenpeaceUnearthed | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
From a threatened ecosystem in Brazil to the chicken we buy in Tesco, McDonald’s, Asda, Lidl and Nando’s in the UK. A new investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Unearthed and partners traces complex supply chains that link UK chicken to soya grown in the Brazilian Cerrado, a massive tropical woodland that’s vital for climate control.

Find the full investigation on Unearthed: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/11/25/brazil-fires-deforestation-tesco-nandos-mcdonalds
And The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2020-11-25/british-chicken-driving-deforestation-in-brazil

Read more about Cargill, the agriculture giant at the heart of the UK’s supply of soya from the Cerrado: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/11/25/cargill-deforestation-agriculture-history-pollution

Read more about how soya is destroying the Cerrado, the climate critical savanna covering more than 20% of Brazil that is rapidly being destroyed: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/11/25/cerrado-soya-deforestation-brazil

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