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The Round Table on Ir-Responsible Soy - certifying soy expansion, GM soy and agrofuels

This report, compiled by ASEED Europe, Base Investigataciones Sociales, Corporate Europe Observatory, Grupo de Reflexión Rural and the Rain Forest Action Network, looks at the impacts of soy production in Latin America ahead of the third Round Table on Responsible Soy conference, and warns that rather than promoting more sustainable production, the Round Table is legitimising the existing environmentally and socially destructive practices within the soy industry.

 

 

A joint report on the impacts of the soy production in Latin America, published on the eve of the Round Table on Responsible Soy's third conference in Buenos Aires.
This report, compiled by ASEED Europe, Base Investigataciones Sociales,Corporate Europe Observatory, Grupo de Reflexión Rural and the Rain Forest Action Network, looks at the impacts of soy production in Latin America ahead of the third Round Table on Responsible Soy conference, and warns that rather than promoting more sustainable production, the Round Table is legitimising the existing environmentally and socially destructive practices within the soy industry.
 

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