nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/af531bf415f198af DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260210s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/af531bf415f198af doi eng 342 23 Saage-Maaß, Miriam Author aut (Il)legalising the Destruction of the Amazon - Law Enabling Exploitation of the Amazon Region and Legal Pressure Points to Challenge Economic and Financial Drivers Saage-Maaß, Miriam Verfassungsblog 2026-02-10 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Amazon rainforest is vital for the ecology and agriculture of the South American continent as well as for the world’s climate. At the same time, deforestation in the Amazon is so severe that some scientists see the world’s largest rainforest as close to irreversible “tipping points”. This article will look at cattle supply chains from the Amazon to global markets and will show how law plays an ambiguous role with respect to the Amazon. CC BY-SA 4.0 Deforestation Human Rights Due Dilligence rainforest Reflexivity Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/destruction-amazon-strategic-litigation/ raw object