Agrocalypse

Brazil's jungle landscape is the scene of a man-made tragedy. The habitat of the Guaraní-Kaiowá, Brazil's largest indigenous ethnic group, is being destroyed by soy farmers. To meet the world's rising meat consumption, the demand for soy for animal feed production is also increasing. This is why Brazil has become one of the largest soy producers in the world. On an area as large as Germany, genetically modified soy monocultures are growing there, with massive use of sprays and fertilizers. In addition, the Amazon basin is also a globally vital ecosystem with unique biodiversity and serves as a global CO2 reservoir. AGROCALYPSE explains the global context of this development and presents solutions.

Keywords

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  • Agriculture
  • conflict
  • current
  • ecology
  • food
  • globalization
  • indigenous peoples
  • latin america

Actors

  • Alido Rosá
  • Wolfgang Heck
  • Vili Hofmann
  • Anderson Machado
  • Aristeu Carbonarai

Director

  • Marco Keller

Documentary


57min


12

DE

Brazil
Germany
2016
An indescribable catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes. How can it be stopped?

An indescribable catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes. How can it be stopped?


Brazil's jungle landscape is the scene of a man-made tragedy. The habitat of the Guaraní-Kaiowá, Brazil's largest indigenous ethnic group, is being destroyed by soy farmers.


To meet the world's rising meat consumption, the demand for soy for animal feed production is also increasing. This is why Brazil has become one of the largest soy producers in the world. On an area as large as Germany, genetically modified soy monocultures are growing there, with massive use of sprays and fertilizers.


In addition, the Amazon basin is also a globally vital ecosystem with unique biodiversity and serves as a global CO2 reservoir. AGROCALYPSE explains the global context of this development and presents solutions.

Cast & Crew