A structured exchange involving nine experts associated with major producer interests (livestock, crops, planted forest, and charcoal) and environmental NGOs was moderated based on a framework that sorted viewpoints into four categories: (i) common ground – compatible interests considered to be high priority for Brazilian sustainable agricultural development (ii) serving exclusive nature conservation interest (iii) serving exclusive agricultural production interest and (iv) mainly serving the purpose of sustaining dispute.
However, the opposing sides in the debate have ignored this progress and instead continue to entrench their respective combative positions. Past decades have shown improvements in the agricultural sector with respect to productivity and efficiency, along with great reductions in deforestation and growth of environmentally certified production. The Brazilian parliament and several stakeholders have recently debated the revision of the Forest Act, the most important legal framework for conservation of natural vegetation on Brazilian private agricultural lands. In Brazil, a large agricultural producer and among the biologically wealthiest of nations, this question is challenging and opinions often clash. A key question for food, biofuels, and bioproducts production is how agriculture affects the environment, and social and economic development.
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