Cargill opened the $20 million port three years ago to
cash in on the rising global demand for soybeans, which had become Brazil's
richest agricultural export. However, Cargill has had to fight in court to keep
it open after it was accused of failing
to provide an additional environmental impact study before building the
export facility.
Deforestation
The rain forest, as big as Western Europe, lost 6,450 square miles to deforestation between 2005 and 2006, Brazil's Environment Ministry says, and ports and roads that make it easier to export soy are a major factor. Cargill ships 1 million metric tons of soybeans each year from Santarem, 1,550 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro, helping to make Brazil the world's second-largest soy exporter behind the United States.
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Deforestation
The rain forest, as big as Western Europe, lost 6,450 square miles to deforestation between 2005 and 2006, Brazil's Environment Ministry says, and ports and roads that make it easier to export soy are a major factor. Cargill ships 1 million metric tons of soybeans each year from Santarem, 1,550 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro, helping to make Brazil the world's second-largest soy exporter behind the United States.
Related website:
Cargill
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(Source: Forbes.com)
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