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Global Witness links JBS to Amazon deforestation, jaguar habitat loss

Investigation finds meat giant's supply chain tied to illegal clearing of 27M hectares in Brazil, with Barclays financing the company.

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What to know

  • Global Witness investigation found JBS sourced cattle from suppliers illegally clearing jaguar habitat across Brazil's Amazon and Pantanal, with 27 million hectares razed between 2014-2023.
  • 75% of JBS-linked farms in Pará and Mato Grosso violated environmental laws in the past five years, undermining the company's zero-deforestation pledges.
  • British bank Barclays financed JBS and profited $1.7 billion while the company engaged in illegal deforestation; activists are calling for immediate divestment.
  • Jaguars are classified as 'Near Threatened' and their decline threatens broader ecosystem collapse; Global Witness warns the 2030 deforestation halt deadline is at risk.
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JBS and Barclays must be immediately divested from and boycotted for illegal deforestation and jaguar habitat destruction.

  • “Meat giant 🥩☠️ #JBS is driving #deforestation in the #Amazon🐆 ❌ Jaguars are losing their home to cows killed for burgers 🤮💰 Billions in profits to #Barclays and zero accountability 📣 Divest NOW!”

    robedwards1.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗

Global Witness Environmental investigative organizationJBS World's largest meat companyBarclays British financial institution

Global Witness links JBS to Amazon deforestation, jaguar habitat loss
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    Palm Oil Detectives amplifies findings, calls for divestment and boycott

    Activist networks share the Global Witness investigation across social platforms, framing JBS's deforestation as driving jaguar extinction and calling for immediate divestment from Barclays and consumer boycotts of meat.

    “Meat giant 🥩☠️ #JBS is driving #deforestation in the #Amazon🐆 ❌ Jaguars are losing their home to cows killed for burgers 🤮💰 Billions in profits to #Barclays and zero accountability 📣 Divest NOW!”
    — Palm Oil Detectives
    • robedwards1.bsky.social

      #Meat giant 🥩☠️ #JBS is driving #deforestation in the #Amazon🐆 ❌ Jaguars are losing their home to cows killed for burgers 🤮💰 Billions in profits to #Barclays and zero accountability 📣 Divest NOW! NO to #BigCat #extinction! #Boycott4Wildlife #Vegan

      robedwards1.bsky.socialBluesky8d ago275▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  2. background

    Investigation details supply chain violations and financial backing — Global Witness finds 75% of farms linked to JBS in Pará and Mato Grosso states broke environmental laws in the past five years. Barclays bank is identified as a major financial backer, having made $1.7 billion from financing JBS despite the company's environmental breaches.

  3. background

    Global Witness releases investigation linking JBS to Amazon deforestation — Global Witness publishes findings that JBS sourced cattle from ranchers involved in illegal deforestation across protected jaguar habitat in Brazil. Over 27 million hectares of jaguar habitat were cleared for cattle ranching between 2014 and 2023, with a single JBS supplier illegally clearing over 1,200 hectares of protected habitat in one decade.

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