by: Eduardo Pegurier
 

In partnership with Imazon and with support from the Moore Foundation, Mongabay has been investigating "the origins and main effects of the so-called "Zero Deforestation Beef Agreement" in Brazil. In the story below, the journalists report on the role of one key figure in helping to bring about "a program so effective that it has become a major tool for working towards the goal of zero deforestation in the Amazon."

Three years after getting his law degree at the age of 26, Daniel César Azeredo Avelino moved to the Amazon region. He arrived in Belém, capital of the state of Pará, in October 2007...

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In Portuguese here.

 

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