(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
Author
aut
Text
xx#
2026
Verfassungsblog
2026-02-10
eng
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
Saage-Maaß, Miriam
Deforestation
Human Rights Due Dilligence
rainforest
Reflexivity
342
https://verfassungsblog.de/destruction-amazon-strategic-litigation/
Verfassungsblog
2366-7044
Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH
10.59704/af531bf415f198af
260210
10.59704/af531bf415f198af
Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl
(Revision 1.140 20200717)