MongabayDeveloped by researchers at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil’s Selo Verde platform offers a free public tool to check whether rural producers comply with environmental laws, including the upcoming EUDR.
Launched in Pará in 2021 and now used in several states, it cross-checks land use, deforestation, cattle transport and infractions. But experts say business uptake remains limited amid EUDR delays.
by Constance Malleret
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/in-brazil-a-free-platform-uses-government-data-to-track-eudr-compliance/
In Brazil, a free platform uses government data to track EUDR compliance
In 2020, a research paper published in the journal Science found that 20% of soy exports and at least 17% of beef exports from Brazil’s Cerrado and Amazon biomes to the European Union had been tainted by illegal deforestation. At the time, the EU was debating the EUDR, its regulation on deforestation-free products. Producer countries […]