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If a business behaves in a way you don't agree with it's perfectly reasonable to cease purchasing from them. Of course this move punishes soy growers who aren't
by petronio 5y ago
If a business behaves in a way you don't agree with it's perfectly reasonable to cease purchasing from them. Of course this move punishes soy growers who aren't responsible and turns them into collateral damage, but a move like this isn't meant to punish the soy growers as much as it is the Brazilian government (who are much better able to control the situation than a foreign power) for allowing the behavior to continue.
- amelius 5y agoIt's more complicated than that. You can't stop a poor country from using their natural resources by not doing business with them.
- petronio 5y agoYou can't stop it absolutely, but you can in effect by taking away the economic reason that it occurs. The primary reason the deforestation is happening is to open up land to produce agricultural products for export (primarily soy and cattle). If the importing countries cease to import the product, Brazil loses the economic reason to produce more (and as much) and open up more land via deforestation.