A federal court in Brazil has reinstated the Amazon soy moratorium, a private-sector antideforestation measure that helps protect the Amazon Rainforest against the expansion of soy farms in the biome. The Aug. 25 ruling overturns a suspension issued last week by Brazil’s antitrust regulator, CADE, which had opened an investigation into claims that the two-decade-old soy moratorium violates competition laws. The ongoing antitrust probe is unaffected by the court’s decision, but federal judge Adverci Mendes de Abreu ruled that suspending the moratorium until the investigation is complete — which could take years — went too far. “The Soy Moratorium, in effect since 2006, is voluntary, involves multiple public and private actors, and has been recognized as an instrument to promote sustainable

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