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Meat giant profits from carbon market without halting deforestation (news.mongabay.com)

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Through its 2021-founded subsidiary MyCarbon, Brazil’s meat processing giant Minerva Foods is emitting and selling carbon credits to big oil companies that are in a rush to move away from a polluting stigma.

Some credit-obtaining projects, however, face criticism over a lack of transparency and procedural perils. The controversies include unfulfilled promises to restore degraded ecosystems, such as the biodiverse Cerrado pasturelands, and halt deforestation within Amazon areas.

The case raises concerns that the carbon market may be rubber-stamping the maintenance of industrial activities with high ecological impact, without truthfully contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and other environmentally damaging practices.

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