(7 May 2025)
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Jaci-Parana Reserve, Brazil – 12 July 2023
1. Cattle illegally raised in the Jaci-Parana Extractive Reserve
2. Various aerials of cattle illegally raised in the Jaci-Parana Extractive Reserve ++MUTE++
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Porto Velho, Brazil – 7 May 2025
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Wellington Lamburgini, Coordinator of Pastoral Land Commission in Rondonia:
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"This law was created to legalize people who invaded this reserve (Jaci-Parana), which is a protected area where cattle ranching and soybean farming are not allowed, and where economic activity is supposed to be in harmony with nature."
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Jaci-Parana Reserve, Brazil – 12 July 2023
4. Cattle illegally raised in the Jaci-Parana Extractive Reserve
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Porto Velho, Brazil – 7 May 2025
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Wellington Lamburgini, Coordinator of Pastoral Land Commission in Rondonia:
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“It’s extremely concerning that companies operating within the agribusiness supply chain lack proper oversight. They buy, sell, and ultimately fuel the process of environmental destruction and harm to communities. What’s even more troubling is that they’re expanding their presence in the market.”
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Porto Velho, Brazil – 12 July 2023
6. Various exteriors of JBS slaughterhouse
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Jaci-Parana Reserve, Brazil – 12 July 2023
7. Aerial of cattle illegally raised in the Jaci-Parana Extractive Reserve ++MUTE++
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Jaci-Parana Reserve, Brazil – 11 July 2023
8. Aerial of deforested patches in the Jaci-Parana reserve ++MUTE++
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Porto Velho, Brazil – 12 July 2023
9. Flags outside JBS slaughterhouse
STORYLINE:
With little fanfare and virtually no publicity, lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rondonia have passed legislation in favor of hundreds of cattle ranchers who had illegally converted swathes of Amazon rainforest into pasture land.
The new legislation, which was passed April 28 and took effect immediately, also grants amnesty to slaughterhouses that purchased cattle illegally raised inside what had been the Jaci-Parana conservation unit, which the new law effectively dissolves.
One of the beneficiaries of the amnesty is JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, which is poised to start selling shares on the New York Stock Exchange in June.
According to a 2023 audit by Brazil’s Federal Prosecution Service, 12% of cattle purchased by JBS in Rondonia came from illegally deforested areas.
"All fines, notices of violation, and other administrative penalties tied to the occupation and use of the area are automatically voided and carry no legal or financial consequences," declared the law.
In exchange, cattle ranchers must join the state’s environmental regularization program, which requires them to halt deforestation and submit a plan to reforest part of the area.
The law does not give them the public land but allows it to be used under concession for 30 years.
They will also be allowed to sell cattle, despite a law forbidding commercial cattle in Brazil’s protected areas.
Around 216,000 head graze on pasture there, according to the state animal division.
In December 2023, the state’s attorney sued JBS and three other slaughterhouses for buying cattle raised in Jaci-Parana.
Months later, two of them, Distriboi and Frigon, were ordered, along with three cattle ranchers, to pay $764,000 for causing environmental damage.
Neither company responded to requests for comment.
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