Policy Brief: Phasing out Deforestation and Conversion from Supply Chains in the Amazon
Report, 2025

The policy brief warns that the world’s largest tropical forest is nearing a critical tipping point. Without bold and coordinated action, vast areas could transition into dry, degraded ecosystems with devastating consequences for people, nature, and the global climate. The brief reveals that agricultural expansion — mainly cattle ranching and soy — remains the leading driver of deforestation and conversion across the Amazon. Despite decades of voluntary commitments and new regulations, most commodity supply chains still carry significant forest-risk exposure. WWF calls for deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) supply chains across Amazonian and global markets by 2030 — an essential step to prevent ecosystem collapse and secure climate, biodiversity, and human rights goals.

Supply Chain

Deforestation

Author

Jean-François Timmers

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)

Daniel Silva

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)

Pablo Pacheco

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)

Micaela Moran

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)

Chris West

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

Chandrakant Singh

Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory

Martin Persson

Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory

Analiz Vergara

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)

Deforestation footprint of all agricultural commodities produced in the Amazon

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) (xxx), 2024-12-01 -- 2025-12-31.

Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)

Forest Science

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Environmental Sciences

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Publisher

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)

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Created

11/17/2025