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China Urged to Join Effort to Defend Amazon from Soy |
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GUANGZHOU, China - China, the world's top soy importer, should join an emerging alliance in Brazil to protect Amazon forests and promote sustainable soy production, the head of an international crushers' association said.
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Brazil, the world's number-two soy producer, has formed the Global Roundtable on Responsible Soy Association as worries rise globally over the fate of the Amazon forest due to increasing soybean output from South America. "Sustainability is a huge issue," Robert Broeska, president of International Association of Seed Crushers, told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference in southern China. "China is such a big part of the success formula in South American soybeans. They must be involved." The formation of the alliance follows Malaysia's Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), which links plantations, consumers and traders to support sustainable production of palm oil and to prevent deforestation in Southeast Asia. RSPO is to launch the first certified palm oil from sustainable production early next year. Broeska said such initiatives were gaining in importance as a biofuel boom cranks up demand for vegetable oils, propelling prices to historic highs. The Brazilian Oils and Fats Industry Association (Abiove), a member of the Brazilian Roundtable, and Brazil's National Grain Exporters Association have pledged not to trade soy that originates from the Amazon.
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