[Fts-research] Yara in Brazil

[flip]

Hi,

Extinction Rebellion in Norway is considering to include Yara in a
campaign and they wanted to have some info about the company. I nwated
to attach the file, but it is too big again for the email list. You can
find the text on the cloud: FTS-research/Yara. In case you have some
important info to add, go for it.

grtz, Flip



-------- Doorgestuurd bericht --------
Onderwerp: 	Yara in Brazil
Datum: 	Mon, 2 Sep 2019 11:23:37 +0200
Van: 	Flip <flippi at xs4all.nl>
Antwoord-naar: 	flippi at xs4all.nl
Aan: 	vjolla.emiri at protonmail.com
CC: 	Marie xXx <mariedk at riseup.net>



Hi Vjolla,

Marie from Free the Soil told me that you are considering to include
Yara in an action or campaign about the Amazone. Attached you can find
some info about Yara's activities in Brazil. Obviously Brazil is not the
same as the Amazone rain forest, but many other areas in Brazil are of
high natural value as well.

The document with the info I found is attached. The intro I pasted in
this text as well. If you have some questions, don't hesitate to ask them.

Good luck with your campaign and hopefully some of you can visit the
action camp in Brunsbüttel later this month!

Greetings, Flip


*Yara & Brazil*

Yara is one of the main producers and distributors of synthetic
fertilizers in Brazil. They aren’t the largest in that country though.
In their Annual Report of 2018 Mozaic claims to be the biggest: /“//On
January 8, 2018, we completed our acquisition of Vale Fertilizantes S.A.
Upon completion of the //a//cquisition, we became the leading fertilizer
producer and distributor in Brazil.”/In another list it looks like Grupo
Fertipar is the largest in Brazil. This is a group of 12 Brazilian
companies.

Yara seems to be third in the row. Still there are good reasons to
include Yara in a campaign. It is the largest producer and seller of
*nitrogen fertilizer*, probably as well in Brazil. Nitrogen fertilizers
(for example urea, ammonia, nitrates, NPK, UAN) are the most relevant
concerning climate change;a lot of fossil gas is used for the production
and also the use results in huge emissions of greenhouse gasses.

And in Europe, and especially in Norway, it makes more sense to focus on
Yara than on companies based in Brazil or the US.