00:00A major rain forest pact just blew up.
00:02A moratorium of Brazil's soy traders kept them from buying soy grown on recently cleared forests.
00:07Recent theme after 2008, Greenpeace once called it the most important tool in the world to stop deforestation.
00:13Under Brazilian law, soy farmers can legally clear 20% of their Amazonian land.
00:18And the top soy producing state now says that's good enough.
00:21Since 2025, it has blocked soy traders who commit to stricter rules from subsidies.
00:26That means the moratorium members are missing out on a lot of money.
00:29So, they're out.
00:30Brazil is the world's top soy producer.
00:32Researchers estimate that without the moratorium,
00:35soy-related forest loss in the Amazon could increase by up to 30% in the next 20 years.
00:40What it ran, the moratorium saved rainforests the size of Ireland.
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