Activists decry French retailer over Amazon deforestation

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Published June 9, 2022 5:56 AM

By JADE LE DELEY
Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — A Paris judge on Thursday ordered a mediation process to settle a legal dispute pitting environmental groups and representatives of Brazil’s Indigenous community against a major French retailer accused of selling beef linked to deforestation and land grabs in the Amazon rainforest. Environmental groups and indigenous representatives from Brazil are protesting outside the main Paris courthouse, urging quick trial for a France-based supermarket chain, Casino Group, that’s accused of selling beef allegedly linked to Amazon deforestation. The company says it fights actively against deforestation linked to cattle raising in Brazil and Colombia.

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