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In this, globally operating trading companies agreed to no longer purchase soy grown in freshly deforested areas.

In Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, the first cases in the current outbreak were detected near recently deforested areas.

“Our forest is no longer deforested: the animals are awake and we’re more awake,” he said.

But they were helpless against years-long droughts and also are believed to have deforested vast tracts for agriculture.

The researchers found that over 80% of the land deforested for EU production is used to grow soya, palm oil, cocoa, and coffee.