The Cerrado biome, the world’s most biodiverse savannah, is under increased scrutiny internationally, given the significant expansion of pasture and large-scale agricultural production over native vegetation in recent decades.

The Voluntary Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Cerrado aims at contributing to an alignment of the best socio-environmental monitoring practices for cattle purchases in the Cerrado Biome.

It sets a range of responsible sourcing criteria and parameters that companies can follow to ensure their supply chains are not linked with socio-environmental issues.

All monitoring criteria uses publicly available data and the definition of what criteria should to be included was part of an extensive consultation process involving key stakeholders. 

The protocol was jointly developed by Proforest and Imaflora, building on Proforest’s experience designing and implementing beef sourcing policies in the Cerrado, and Imaflora’s experience of developing the Monitoring Protocol for Cattle Suppliers in the Amazon.

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