Eight hundred million trees have been cut down in the Amazon over six years to make way for cattle ranching, resulting in 17,000 square kilometers of deforestation, according to an estimate by the consultancy AidEnvironment, cited in reports by The Guardian, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), Repórter Brasil, and Forbidden Stories. In the study, thirteen JBS plants—twice as many as those linked to Brazil’s second-largest meatpacker—have been associated with this deforestation.