Imagine that a presidential candidate asks for help in drawing up his/her agricultural development plan for the Amazon. He/she asks: Is it possible to develop agriculture without deforesting the Amazon? If so, how?
This report answers the questions of this imaginary politician. In it, we show that it is possible to develop agriculture in the Amazon without deforesting using tried-and-true policies and techniques. Therefore, the government should coordinate policies and maintain the discipline to carry them out in the same way that it was and is necessary to control inflation.
In drafting a government plan, politicians must consider the forces that encourage deforestation and the barriers to the adoption of best agricultural practices. This report focuses on cattle ranching, as pastures cover about 90% of the deforested areas in the Amazon biome.
Brazilian cattle ranching — currently responsible for most of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions — can also become the main lever to reduce deforestation and accelerate the climate transition in Brazil. This is the central finding of the new study “How Cattle Ranching Can Lead Brazil’s Climate Action”, published by the Amazônia 2030
Cattle ranching occupies 64% of Brazil’s agricultural area but contributes only 17% of the sector’s gross production value, reflecting inefficient land use and structural challenges. An unprecedented study by the Amazônia 2030 project analyzes the expansion of cattle ranching between 2000 and 2023 and points to pathways to transform the sector, ensuring greater
Cattle ranching is associated with deforestation in the Amazon region – a large part of the deforested areas have been converted to pasture. This pattern of extensive cattle ranching in the Amazon region is distinguished from the rest of Brazil. While the rest of Brazil uses less pasture over time for livestock production,
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