Since 2000, the world has lost 15% of its pristine intact forests. The leading cause of this loss since 2020? Human-caused fires. 🔥 As fire season approaches in critical areas like Brazil and Indonesia, we need to understand the root causes. 🧵 1/3

Just published: updated factsheet on the UK’s links to deforestation via imports of agricultural commodities such as beef, cocoa and soy. The UK’s average deforestation exposure (2021–2023) was 10,800 hectares per year. Read the factsheet 👉 trase.earth/insights/uk-...

Trase data on palm oil has been used in an opinion piece by Gustavo Falerios for Agência Pública. Palm oil is one of the main agricultural commodities traded globally. The largest consumers of this oil are China, India, and the United States, as Trase data shows.

Como o Brasil pode fugir da “maldição dos recursos naturais”?

Teorias dizem que estamos fadados à pobreza exatamente pela nossa riqueza natural. Será?

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Trase has just published a new report and dataset: Assessing facility-level risks in commodity supply chains: A supply shed analysis of Brazilian slaughterhouses. The study presents a new supply shed approach and data to assess risk in the cattle supply chain. Link 👉 trase.earth/insights/new...

🚀Introducing Company Profiles on Trase We have made our data easier to explore by developing Company profiles at trase.earth/explore/companies You can now explore each company's commodity exports and the deforestation and emissions they are exposed to.

At the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk today, Simon Croft is joining @foodfoundation.bsky.social’s #BrokenPlate2026 launch. The report draws on GEIC data to show the UK’s #deforestation “foodprint”: overseas forest loss linked to UK consumption.🍽️ 💡👉 buff.ly/bFO8XYe CC @jncc.bsky.social @trase.earth

On UK Overshoot Day, data analysis by @sei.org highlighted the scale of the environmental impacts associated with UK consumption, with the vast majority occurring overseas. 99.7% of the deforestation and over 98% of the species extinction risks from UK consumption occurs outside British borders.

The GEIC Indicator was developed by JNCC & @sei.org, with Defra, @trase.earth & GCRF Trade Hub #IDB2026 #ForNaturePeoplePlanet

New Trase data estimates that just 48% of Côte d’Ivoire cocoa exports in 2024 can be traced back to departments of production. Lack of traceability makes it harder for companies to act on their exposure to deforestation. Read the explainer 👉 trase.earth/insights/cot...

📢New study by @trase.earth, @unileiden.bsky.social & @york.ac.uk, supported by @sitra.fi, shows how #EUDR implementation could deliver greater reductions in deforestation, emissions and biodiversity impacts when paired with wider policy measures.🌳🌏️ Learn more👉 buff.ly/Cr3N64C 📑🔜 buff.ly/QiFFNEA

New analysis shows EU could significantly cut deforestation footprint with a mix of policy tools

This Trase Insight explores findings from a new report on how the EU Deforestation Regulation, alongside wider policy measures, could cut the EU’s deforestation footprint.

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🚨New Trase factsheets for all 27 EU member states now available 🚨 Trase has published its latest assessment of the EU's links to global deforestation through its imports of over 150 agricultural commodities. Read the Insight on EU Deforestation Exposure here -> trase.earth/insights/eu-...

Join Trase and TFA on a webinar to explore how Brazil and China can scale up their collaboration on sustainable trade. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #beijingbrasiliaeffect

Brazil and China hold an outsized potential to influence the sustainability of global agricultural supply chains. By working together, a ‘‘Beijing-Brasilia effect’ can pave the way for South-South cooperation on sustainable trade. Read the report here 👉 trase.earth/insights/can...

💥 Trase is using AI-driven detection + satellite imagery to expand known Brazilian soy facilities to 9,300+ records, revealing hundreds previously missing. This boosts transparency to support deforestation-free, traceable supply chains. trase.earth/insights/tra...

Trase uses AI to close the traceability gap in the soy supply chain - Insights - Trase

Trase is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect thousands of soy processing and storage facilities in Brazil, supporting progress by companies and governments towards achieving deforestation-fre...

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Trase is pleased to announce that Chris West, from the Stockholm Environment Institute York, has been appointed as Trase’s new co-director, replacing SEI’s Toby Gardner.

⚡We’ve updated our Trase soy facilities database🌱 This verified open-access dataset on soy facilities in Brazil can help companies and financial institutions manage environmental & social supply-chain risks. Explore: trase.earth/explore/faci...

💧The dataset behind our new Trase water analysis is now available 💧 It includes soy and beef supply chain data on water use, deforestation and GHG emissions. Explore it here 👉 zenodo.org/records/1492...

💧Trase and Water Witness International launch new analysis on water use in Brazil’s beef and soy sectors. It shows where traders face the greatest water-scarcity risks and calls for urgent action to invest in stressed areas and support more efficient farming. 🖇️ trase.earth/insights/tra...

Traders exposed to water scarcity risks in Brazilian beef and soy supply chains - Insights - Trase

Trase analysis of water used to produce beef and soy in Brazil shows where commodity traders face the greatest risks of water scarcity

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💡 In 2025, Trase published insights that sharpened the focus on deforestation, legality and supply chain transparency. Below are our top 5 most-read insights of the year 👇

🚨 New dataset with unauthorised deforestation in Brazil 🚨 86% of deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado (2009-2024) lacked authorisation. New ASV (Authorisation for the Suppression of Vegetation) data shows implications for global beef and soy supply chains. Explore 👉 trase.earth/insights/new...

New analysis reveals extent of unauthorised deforestation in Brazil - Insights - Trase

Instituto Centro de Vida and Trase have published a new dataset on deforestation permits that could help companies, regulators and financial institutions manage deforestation risks in supply chains

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Quem Está Importando a Carne Bovina Brasileira e Qual a Exposição ao Desmatamento? 🌍 A China é, de longe, o maior importador (59% em 2023) e o país com a maior exposição ao desmatamento, que saltou de 124.000 ha em 2015 para 564.000 ha em 2023. #Pecuária #CadeiaDeSuprimentos #China #EUA

Peat subsidence in Indonesia’s productive pulpwood plantations released 76 million tonnes of CO₂-eq in 2024, roughly equal to Ireland’s total emissions in 2022. Peat subsidence alone makes up about 95% of the sector’s land-use emissions. 👉 Read the explainer trase.earth/insights/ind...

Exportação de Carne Bovina e Desmatamento no Brasil 🥩 Em 2023, 7,5 milhões de hectares de pastagens cobriram terras recentemente desmatadas, um aumento de +36% desde 2020 Enquanto isso, a produção de carne bovina cresceu 15%. A intensidade do desmatamento subiu 50% na Amazônia no período. #Amazônia

⚠️ Corporate sustainability commitments like the NDPE aren’t enough to eliminate Indonesia’s pulp-driven deforestation. Most deforestation in the sector is beyond companies’ NDPE policies, which cover only current supply chains, not future wood development. 👉 Explore trase.earth/insights/ind...

🚨New Trase data on Indonesia’s wood pulp sector🚨 🌳Deforestation for wood pulp fell 55% in 2024 after an eight-year high in 2023. Kalimantan remains a hotspot and pulp production is still a major driver in Indonesia. Read the full explainer👉 trase.earth/insights/ind...

GEIC indicator 2025 updates are live 🎯 Developed by SEI & @trase.earth with #Defra and @jncc.bsky.social, GEIC calculates global consumption impacts. Today’s release includes: 📊 global data up to 2023 🗺️ more countries and territories 🧮 new comparison options 👉 Explore: buff.ly/mT4IfJL

👥 Over 2 intense weeks, the team presented Trase data in 8 events at #COP30, and joined conversations with leaders in government, civil society, and business. 🌳 We’re grateful for the meaningful discussions on transparency and #sustainability in the #Amazon, and excited to keep up the momentum!

WWF launched the Amazon Footprint Report 2025 at #COP30. Trase Co-Director Toby Gardner highlighted the need for sustained momentum: “The big companies have a critical role to play, being accountable for the impacts they are linked to.”🗣️ Read the brief👉 www.sei.org/publications...

Excellent to see Trase Co-Director Toby Gardner moderating the exciting launch of this FAO report at #COP30.

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New @fao.org report shows that rather than driving conflict, #forests drive success in #agriculture. The report was led by SEI's @rafaelaflach with Selorm Kugbega co-leading a chapter and prepared in collaboration with @nature.org and Conservation International. Read more: buff.ly/kD6pOla

Come along tomorrow to our #COP30 roundtable on how public procurement can boost food security and sustainable food systems in the Amazon 🦎 🗓️ 20 Nov | 14:00–15:00 BRT | Action on Food Hub, Blue Zone. Dari Santos joins to share insights from Do pasto ao prato. #FoodSecurity #ClimateAction