We are more than 600 scientists in the EU and 300 Brazilian Indigenous groups (represented by APIB and COIAB) who have come together under a common goal: to urge the EU to make trade with Brazil conditional on protecting human rights and the environment.

Unprecedented fires are raging through the Amazon rain forest. This deliberate destruction is threatening Indigenous Peoples’ lives, global climate stability, and wildlife conservation.

As Brazil’s 2nd largest trading partner, the EU has a critical opportunity to put human rights and the environment at the forefront of trade with Brazil.

Our letter published in Science, makes the case that the protection of human rights and the environment must be central to the Mercosur trade deal.

Please contact your local MEP to ask them to support our call.

Read our letter

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Brazilian Indigenous Groups

Over 300 Brazilian Indigenous groups have signed our letter, represented by the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon and Brazil’s Indigenous People Articulation.

% Tree cover & cover loss 2001-2013 Tree cover and cover loss from 2001-2013 from globalforestwatch.org

Note: data is derived from satellite imagery and may occur for many different reasons including deforestation, fire, and sustainable logging.

Endangered species richness Number of bird, mammal, and amphibian species classified as being threatened with extinction by the IUCN per 10.5 x 10.5km gridcell.

Total species richness Total number of bird, mammal, and amphibian species per 10.5 x 10.5km gridcell.

Total carbon stores in tonnes CO₂ Tonnes of CO2 in living biomass and soil carbon stores that can potentially be released to the atmosphere per hectare.

Indigenous Lands