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A judge in the Brazilian state of Rondonia has found two beef slaughterhouses guilty of buying cattle from a protected area of former rainforest in the Amazon and ordered them, along with three cattle ranchers, to pay a total of $764,000 for causing environmental damage, according to the decision issued Wednesday. Cattle raising drives Amazon deforestation. The companies Distriboi and Frigon and the ranchers may appeal.

It is the first decision in several dozen lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in environmental damages from the slaughterhouses for allegedly trading in cattle raised illegally in a protected area known as Jaci-Parana, which was rainforest but is now mostly converted to pasture.

Four slaughterhouses are among the many parties charged, including JBS SA, which bills itself as the world’s largest protein producer. The court has not decided on the cases involving JBS.

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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 25 points 1 week ago

Justice would be if they appeal, they get a lot bigger fine.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

The court is in agreement that the original penalty was unjust. As such, we have decided to amend it to $7 640 000. Should the defendant take issue with this, the court grants them the right to pursue further appeals.

[-] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

Can Brazilian courts start making rulings for the rest of the world? They are on fire lately.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Err, it's normal in Europe, Canada, Australia, etc, it's just a functional government (and because Brasil don't show very often you only see the good headlines)

[-] bigFab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Wow, what huge fine. Not even a mil just for deforesting the lungs of the world.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Actually is 280 million in reais

[-] Shanedino@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Finally some carbon capture worth something.

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[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Headline sounds like they have to pay Bezos new hair.

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