Brazil soy industry’s exit from moratorium on using Amazon land could spur deforestation
- Posted on January 10, 2026
- By The Toronto Star
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Brazil soy industry’s exit from moratorium on using Amazon land could spur deforestation

SAO PAULO (AP) — For nearly 20 years, Brazil’s largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest — the world’s biggest — wasn't grown on land cleared from Amazonian forests.