Soy farming is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon.
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian artist Mundano is presenting a massive street mural in São Paulo on Wednesday that uses ash from wildfires and mud from floods to highlight extreme weather events wreaking devastation across the country — as well as their causes.
Over 30 meters (98.4 feet) high and 48 meters (157.5 feet) wide, the mural depicts deforestation and severe drought in the Amazon Rainforest with its parched brown earth and gray tree stumps. It features Indigenous activist Alessandra Korap wearing a crown of flowers and holding a sign that says: “Stop the destruction #keepyourpromise.”
It is a call to the Minnesota-based soy giant Cargill, according to Mundano. Soy farming is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon.
Cargill says on its website that it will eliminate deforestation from its supply chain in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay by 2025.
Mundano is seeking to hold them to account.
“We are …