Agronegócio e o impacto da estrangeirização de terras sobre o cumprimento das proposições internacionais do Brasil para o meio ambiente

Abstract

This paper analyzes the influence of agribusiness on Brazil's failure to meet the environmental goals it has committed to in global agendas. We show how agribusiness has been present in Brazil's foreign policy since colonial times and how it has recently become institutionalized, symbolized by the creation of the Brazilian Agribusiness Association (ABAG). It is clear that Brazilian foreign policy has always been aligned with the objectives of the agro-export sector, and this currently contributes to the contradiction between internal dynamics and the international stance that supposedly defends Brazilian environmental resources. One of the consequences of this influential presence of agribusiness in the country's internal dynamics, which shows the relationship between the sector and global capital, is the phenomenon of land foreignization and its deleterious effects on indigenous and quilombola territories and the increase in deforestation in these areas. As an example of the tension mentioned above, we have extracted data on Brazil's SDG 15 targets and their fulfillment and analyzed them in light of structural colonial issues and conjunctural characteristics related to the relationship between agribusiness and foreign policy on the environment in the governments contemporary to Brazil's adherence to the 2030 Agenda, with an emphasis on the Bolsonaro government, in which the worst indices prevailed.