New soy financing initiative aims to beef up protection for Cerrado forests

James Murray
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Bunge, Banco Santander Brasil, and The Nature Conservancy join forces to launch new programme designed to help curb Brazilian deforestation

Agri-business multinational Bunge, banking giant Santander Brasil, and environmental NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC) have today come together to launch a major new initiative designed to tackle deforestation...

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