The Role of the Netherlands on Illegal Deforestation in the Amazon by Importing Brazilian Beef

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Introduction

containing a) background to the research problem, b) references to empirical literature on what is known about the subject, c) references to empirical ‘gaps‘ (no or little information, bad information, etc.), d) references to the research relevance, and e) clear and well formulated research question(s) (500 words)

Brazil’s economy is growing rapidly. The country has gained the sixt position of the world’s largest economy in the world (Boekhout van Solinge & Kuijpers, 2013: 209). The expanding cattle industry plays an important role for their economic growth. Lots of countries are interested in Brazilian Beef, but to answer the enormous demand of beef, Brazil has to take over more ground in order to let their cattle graze. This large-scale industry has generated heavy pressure on the region’s natural resources, especially on the Amazon Rainforest. The destroying of this forest has deep destructive consequents for the earth, humans and animals. Also the Netherlands is one of the main destinations of Brazilian beef export. Having become aware of the connection between globalized meat consumption and illegal deforestation, this research was designed to study the case of the role of the Netherlands on illegal deforestation by importing Brazilian beef. In this study, I used the following researchquestion: “What is the Role of the Netherlands on illegal deforestation in the Amazon by importing Brazilian beef?”.

- What is known about this subject and what is not known about this subject (empirical gaps).
- The aim of this research is to
- The relevance of this research is:
Voorbeeld: Although there has been considerable research on the field of state crime, and corporate crime, the study of harm produced by the interac...

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3. Marfrig (Brazilian company) is connected with: Spar, Jan Linders, C 1000, Makro and Dirk van de Broek.
These supermarkets and wholesalers import their meat from Bertin, JBS or Marfrig. Greenpeace made the links between different players more clear. In the YouTube video of Greenpeace Netherlands (2012), some demonstrators try to make clear that the import of Brazilian beef by Makro is connected with illegal deforestation in the Amazon of Brazil. They make customers of Makro and other customers (by placing it on YouTube) conscious about this matter by using a symbol of a shopping cart with tooth, with meat in it. Then they put trees in the ‘mouth’ of the shopping cart, so its ‘eating’ the trees from the Amazon. This is how they create a symbol of the role of Dutch supermarkets and wholesalers on illegal deforestation by importing Brazilian beef.

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