01-09-2017 16:48 via theguardian.com

Will European supermarkets act over Paraguay forest destruction?

NGO Earthsight reports charcoal from the Chaco region has been sold in Aldi, Lidl and Carrefour in Spain and GermanyNo tropical forests anywhere in the world are being destroyed more rapidly than the Chaco stretching across Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. Not the Amazon in Brazil, nor in Indonesia, Malaysia or the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least, that is according to a University of Maryland-led study published in 2013. And the carnage continues today. In July British NGO Earthsight rele
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