Brazilian Agribusiness and the Ongoing Planetary Ecocide

The agro-export system of commodities is responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Besides being a major source of organism intoxication through the increasing use of pesticides, this system is primarily responsible for the ongoing annihilation of biomass and biodiversity. This article examines Brazil’s insertion into this highly globalized system. As the world’s largest consumer of pesticides, Brazilian agribusiness has been committing the greatest ecocide against our planet's biosphere since 1970. The ongoing destruction of the biosphere deepens national and international inequalities, accelerates imbalances in the Earth system, and increases climate, water, food, and health insecurity on a global scale. The article proposes four programmatic points for a political agenda capable of confronting the imminent existential threats looming over our societies.