Dramatic footage of Amazon being burned to plant soya.

The US based Cargill corporation burns large areas of rainforest to prepare for soya plantations.

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Dramatic images of the Amazon rainforest on fire have been released by Greenpeace to highlight the devastating impacts of Soya production in the region. At the same time, one of the main forces behind the expansion of Soya production in Para State, the US- based company Cargill, is to face legal action over its illegally-built Soya handling facility on the banks of the river.

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