Campaigners claim Suzano eucalyptus dried over 130 streams in Brazil
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Brazilian pulp company Suzano is a partner in the Biomas restoration venture and an early 1t.org tree pledger. Campaigners claim its eucalyptus monoculture has dried more than 130 streams, and the sources reviewed do not record a reply from Suzano.
- Streams and communities in areas linked to Suzano — Campaigners claim more than 130 streams dried up; not verified in the sources reviewed Brasil de Fato
What happened
Suzano was among the initial corporate pledgers to the World Economic Forum's 1t.org tree initiative, a WEF press release of 23 September 2021 said.
Six companies, including Suzano, each committed 20 million reais to Biomas, a restoration venture with a 20-year target of 4 million hectares, Money Times reported.
Campaigners claim more than 130 streams have dried up in areas linked to Suzano; the claim draws on 2006 campaign material, Brasil de Fato and FASE reported.
In court and with insurers
Lawsuits and rulings
Insurers
What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the Green Desert Alarm Network, about 100 organisations, says indigenous, quilombola and peasant land has been occupied and rivers dried up.
- Not disclosed Reported but not verified: MST women occupied Suzano land in Espírito Santo in March 2025, and Suzano did not respond.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Suzano is the world's largest pulp company and bought Fibria in 2018.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the full list of 93 companies pledged to 1t.org could not be checked; Suzano is named only among the initial pledgers.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Suzano's press release on Biomas.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Press and investigations
- Biomas partners each invest R$20 millionMoney Times · 2022-11
- Initial 1t.org corporate pledgersWorld Economic Forum · 2021-09-23
- MST women occupy Suzano land in Espírito SantoBrasil de Fato · 2025-03-13
Connected cases
- APRIL pulp suppliers linked to forest loss and Cerrado eucalyptus growth Brazil · 2010–2024
- Suzano (Company) — here: Eucalyptus plantation owner; partner in Biomas; initial 1t.org pledger; there: Pulp company whose mill received International Finance Corporation funding
- World Economic Forum (International organisation) — here: Ran the 1t.org tree initiative; there: Convened the 1t.org tree-planting platform
- Biomas restoration initiative Brazil · 2022
- Marfrig co-founded Biomas, a Brazilian forest-restoration company Brazil · 2022
- Plant-for-the-Planet: 13.6 billion trees Germany / Global · 2011–2024
- World Economic Forum (International organisation) — here: Ran the 1t.org tree initiative; there: Launched the 1t.org platform
- Rabobank co-financed a Brazilian eucalyptus carbon plantation contested by locals Brazil · 2003–2008
- Biomas (Company) — here: Restoration venture formed by six partners; there: restoration initiative founded by six companies