Meio Ambiente

Secretariat for Social Communication of the Presidency of Brazil

This Wednesday (December 16), at 11:30 a.m., a side event will be held to discuss the contribution of the "soy moratorium" for deforestation reduction in Brazil. The event is promoted by the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove). The panel will show how partnerships between civil society and government can make feasible the sustainable production of soybean.

The commitment agreed by soy processing and export companies for the non-commercialization of soy from deforested areas in the Amazon lasts until July 2010.

Since July 2009, the business sector has started to work for the creation and implementation of a program for the continued improvement of sustainability indicators in rural properties. This program seeks to improve the management of soy farming establishments and has the support and coordination of different links from the soybean production chain, the civil society and research and rural extension institutes.

According to Abiove, the economical and technical incentive to direct planting, for example, is in line with the discussions on mitigation in developing countries under discussion at COP-15. The expansion of planted areas using these techniques will contribute to improve the balance of emissions from soy farming and also from other cultures produced in rotation with soybean.

Speakers:

- Carlo Lovatelli, President of Abiove (Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries) and of ABAG (Brazilian Agribusiness Association)