Soy and Cattle: Report 7
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Report 7 November 2019 1 Executive Summary This report presents 12 cases of land clearing based on alerts data from DETER (System for Monitoring Deforestation on Real Time) and PRODES (Program for Deforestation Calculation) observed between 27 August 2019 and 26 September 2019, in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado biomes. Land clearing alerts considered in this report were visually confirmed. Eight of the selected cases are in the Amazon biome, and four are in the Cerrado biome. Cleared land per municipality of all cases included in this report (in hectares) Canabrava do Norte (Mato Grosso) Cumaru do Norte (Pará) São Félix do Xingu (Pará) Paranatinga (Mato Grosso) Brasnorte (Mato Grosso) Peixoto de Azevedo (Mato Grosso) Formosa do Rio Preto (Bahia) Damianópolis (Goiás) Terminology Barreiras (Bahia) 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 Amazon (18,232 ha) Cerrado (4,685 ha) Rapid Response Soy & Cattle – Report 7 – November 2019 2 Table of Contents Amazon Biome 1. Fazenda Rio Preto I e II – Canabrava do Norte (Mato Grosso) .................... 4 2. Fazenda Rio Dourado – Cumaru do Norte (Pará) ........................................ 7 3. Fazenda Nossa Senhora da Medalha – São Félix do Xingu (Pará) ............... 10 4. Fazenda Cabocla – Cumaru do Norte (Pará) ................................................ 12 5. Fazenda Brusque do Xingu – São Félix do Xingu (Pará) …………………..….…… 15 6. Fazenda Macuco – Paranatinga (Mato Grosso) …………………………………..…… 18 7. Fazenda Nove de Julho – Brasnorte (Mato Grosso) ……………………………...… 20 8. Fazenda São José I – Peixoto de Azevedo (Mato Grosso) ………................…. 23 Cerrado Biome 9. Fazenda Santa Maria Gleba 02 and Fazenda Santa Maria Gleba 03 – Formosa do Rio Preto (Bahia) ……………………………………………………………………… 25 10. Fazenda Grotão – Damianópolis (Goiás) ……………………………………….………. 28 11. Fazenda Santa Maria d’Oeste 14 – Formosa do Rio Preto (Bahia) …………. 30 12. Fazenda Espírito Santo – Barreiras (Bahia) ……………………………………………. 32 Rapid Response Soy & Cattle – Report 7 – November 2019 3 1. Fazenda Rio Preto I e II Amazon (Canabrava do Norte, Mato Grosso) biome Property Location Yellow border – boundary of Canabrava do Norte (Mato Grosso) / White border – boundary of Fazenda Rio Preto I e II / Red dot – location of cleared area Alert Imagery (before and after clearance) 04-Aug-19 21-Sep-19 Farm boundaries Active Fire Ashes Rapid Response Soy & Cattle – Report 7 – November 2019 4 1. Fazenda Rio Preto I e II Amazon (Canabrava do Norte, Mato Grosso) biome General Information Property; Registry Fazenda Rio Preto I e II 9010830134717 Size (ha); Coordinates 143,853 -51.68664, -11.41759 Land Clearance Period of clearing 04 Aug to 21 Sep 2019 Size (ha); Coordinates 9,570 -51.79134, -11.37703 Inside Forest Code protected areas Yes 741 ha inside declared APP Type of vegetation Semidecidual Seasonal Forest Legal Status Embargoes No - Clearing by fire of 121 ha without Environmental fines Yes BRL 12,097,000 authorization in 2016 Natural Reserves No - Indigenous Lands Yes Bordering TI Maraiwatsede (Xavante) Priority for biodiversity conservation Extremely high Ownership Company group Agropecuária Nacional Ltda 4 farms - total area unknown. in Turvânia (GO): Fazenda Califórnia and Fazenda Califórnia Confinamento. In Anicuns (GO): Fazenda Other linked properties Califórnia and São Domingos da Boa Esperança (5,288 ha). In São Félix do Araguaia (MT): Fazenda Rio Preto Supply Chain Main commodity Multiple Confirmed supply chain relation Yes Soy Main traders in municipality Aliança Agrícola do Cerrado (65%); Novaagri (35%) Warehouses within 50 km radius 12 warehouses, e.g.: 2 owned by Amaggi (170,000 MT) Supply chain details - Beef Main traders in municipality JBS (85%); Marfrig (7%); CP Comercial (3%); others (5%) 5 slaughterhouses in Mato Grosso and São Paulo, including: 2 Slaughterhouses sourcing from owned by JBS in Mato Grosso (Água Boa and Confresa); 2 owned by municipality Marfrig in Mato Grosso (Paranatinga and Nova Xavantina) Indirect supply to JBS in Confrea (2019) through Fazenda Três Cores Supply chain details (Confresa) and to Minerva in Palmeiras de Goiás (2018) through Fazenda Califórnia Confinamento (Turvânia) Other supply chain details - Rapid Response Soy & Cattle – Report 7 – November 2019 5 1. Fazenda Rio Preto I e II Amazon (Canabrava do Norte, Mato Grosso) biome NASA detected fires inside the farms Fazenda Rio Preto I e II on September 8, 2019 that spread into adjacent Indigenous Reserve IT Maraiwatsede five days later (1), destroying roughly 1,000 hectares of native vegetation inside the reserve. Total native vegetation clearance within Fazenda Rio Preto I e II reached 9,570 ha between August 4 and September 21, 2019. The farms are not declared in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) (2), and as such will not be screened by companies who rely on the CAR as a source for their monitoring systems. Cattle from Fazendo Rio Preto were transferred to JBS’s slaughterhouse in Confrea, Mato Grosso in 2019 via Fazenda Tres Cores (3). Cattle is also moved between the Fazenda Rio Preto farms and other farms under the same ownership, for instance to Fazenda California Confinamento that directly supplied to Minerva (Palmeiras De Goias - GO and José Bonifácio - SP) in 2018 and 2019 and Mataboi Alimentos Ltda (Araguari - MG) in 2018. The Fazenda Rio Preto farms are a known supplier of JBJ Agropecuária Ltda (3), a beef company established by the eldest brother of the family that owns JBS (4). JBJ farms are an important local JBS supplier. The owner of the Rio Preto farms is allegedly linked to numerous environmental and social crimes. For instance, in 2004, 18 workers were rescued from slave labor conditions in Fazenda Rio Preto (5). In 2009, the Federal Police accused the owner of being involved in land grabbing (grigalem) in Araguaia region, including within the Natural Reserve Maraiwatsede (6). In addition, he was accused by federal prosecutors in Operação Pluma of contracting lawyers to illegally grab land (7). (1) https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/active_fire/#firms-shapefile (2) https://monitoramento.sema.mt.gov.br/simcar/tecnico.app/publico/car (3) cattle transfer data (4) http://jbjagropecuaria.com.br/ (5) https://reporterbrasil.org.br/2007/05/nove-condenacoes-somam-mais-de-10-milhoes-de-reais/ (6) https://www.olhardireto.com.br/noticias/exibir.asp?id=35122¬icia=entenda-quem-era-quem-no- esquema-de-grilagem-praticado-no-araguaia (7) https://www.rdnews.com.br/ultimas/pecuarista-contrata-advogados-para-desapropriar-terra/15694 Rapid Response Soy & Cattle – Report 7 – November 2019 6 2. Fazenda Rio Dourado Amazon (Cumaru do Norte, Pará) biome Property Location Yellow border – boundary of Cumaru do Norte (Pará) / White border – boundary of Fazenda Rio Dourado / Red dot – location of cleared area Alert Imagery (before and after clearance) 02-Aug-19 21-Sep-19 Rapid Response Soy & Cattle – Report 7 – November 2019 7 2. Fazenda Rio Dourado Amazon (Cumaru do Norte, Pará) biome General Information Property; Registry Fazenda Rio Dourado 440321017703 Size (ha); Coordinates 73,286 -51.46070, -8.32050 Land Clearance Period of clearing 02 Aug to 21 Sep 2019 Size (ha); Coordinates 2,414 -51.41280, -8.43631 Inside Forest Code protected areas Yes 2,414 ha inside declared Legal Reserve and APP Type of vegetation Open Submontane Humid Forest Legal Status Embargoes Yes Environmental Law violation (399 ha embargoed in 2018) Clearing of 399 ha of native vegetation without Environmental fines Yes BRL 300,000,000 authorization in 2018 Natural Reserves No - Indigenous Lands Yes Bordering TI Kaiapó Priority for biodiversity conservation No Ownership Company group > 20 companies (e.g. Petrovia, Usina Trapiche, Usina) Other linked properties 1 farm in Cumaru do Norte (PA): Fazenda Morada do Boi (unknown area) Supply Chain Main commodity Multiple Confirmed supply chain relation Yes Soy Main traders in municipality Glencore (70%); Agrex (30%) Warehouses within 50 km radius No warehouses Supply chain details - Beef JBS (64%); Xinguara Industria Comercio (9%); Frigol (9%); Marfrig (3%); others Main traders in municipality (15%) 29 slaughterhouses in São Paulo, Pará and Bahia, including: 3 owned by JBS in Slaughterhouses sourcing from Pará (Redenção, Santana do Araguaia and Tucumã); 1 owned by Marfrig in municipality Pará (Tucumã) Indirectly supplied JBS in Redenção (2019) through Fazenda Morada do Boi Supply chain details (Cumaru do Norte) Other supply chain details - Rapid Response Soy & Cattle – Report 7 – November 2019 8 2. Fazenda Rio Dourado Amazon (Cumaru do Norte, Pará) biome Fazenda Rio Dourado has had 399 hectares under embargo since February 2018 for the destruction of flora (1). Nevertheless, the farm continued to indirectly supply cattle to a JBS plant in Redenção (Pará) in 2019 through the nearby (almost bordering) farm Fazenda Morada do Boi (2). The owner of both cattle farms controls over 20 companies. Among them are Temape, a controlling company of fuel storage centers in the port of Suape. In addition, he is the owner of two major sugar cane mills: Usina Serra Grande, in São José da Lage (Alagoas), and Usina Trapiche, in Sirinhaém (Pernambuco). The latter company has been repeatedly involved in human rights violations against fishermen communities. In 2009, the community accused Usina Trapiche’s workers for disposal of materials used to wash sugarcane into the Sirinhaém River, leading to an environmental fine of BRL 1 million (3). In 2011, the company opened clandestine roads, causing intense deforestation in mangrove areas (4). In