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Cattle vaccination records question the impact of recent zero-deforestation agreements in the Amazon

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Klingler, Michael, Richards, Peter D., Ossner, Roman·2018·Regional Environmental Change
DOI 10.1007/s10113-017-1234-1
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In the late 2000s, slaughterhouses across the Amazon entered into a series of agreements designed to reduce the environmental impact of the local cattle sector. In this research, we analyze the impact of these agreements using a novel dataset showing the location of cattle vaccinations in 2014. In total, we estimate that more than half of the cattle herd in Novo Progresso was vaccinated on ranchlands which were either located in protected areas, were deforested since the agreements were put into place, were subject to an official embargo due to a violation of environmental or labor laws, or were not registered in the state of Pará’s Rural Environmental Registry. The results suggest that hundreds of thousands of cattle continue to graze on areas in Southwest Pará which were meant to be excluded, per the terms of the recent cattle agreements, from the supply chain in a key Amazon cattle frontier. Our results highlight the importance of developing new systems for monitoring cattle supply chains in remote areas of the Amazon.

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  • The GTA is considered a reliable source of information on cattle movements.

    “The GTA is considered a reliable source of information on cattle movements (Klingler et al 2018, West et al 2022).”

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    The ‘Deforestation and the cattle agreements’ section says the GTA tracks cattle movements between farms and slaughterhouses. It does not call GTA information reliable; instead, it says accurate supply-chain traceability would require a more transparent transportation system. The ‘Discussion and conclusion’ section also describes weak mechanisms for tracing cattle origins. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Authors
Klingler, M., Richards, P. D., & Ossner, R.
Affiliations
  • Universität Innsbruck (AT)
  • United States Agency for International Development (US)
Corresponding author
Klingler, Michael
ORCID
Venue
Regional Environmental Change
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2017-11-06
Volume
18
Issue
1
Pages
33-46
ISSN
  • 1436-378X (ISSN-L)
  • 1436-3798
DOI
10.1007/s10113-017-1234-1
OpenAlex
W2766461592
Cited by
52
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FWCI
3.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Regional Environmental Change (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Digital Library of the University of Innsbruck (University of Innsbruck) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
BMBF (01LL09021)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Livestock Farming and Management
Keywords
cattle ranching, deforestation, protected areas, Rural Environmental Registry, supply chain monitoring, Pará

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