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By Sarah Brown Suzano, the world’s largest exporter of eucalyptus pulp, vigorously promotes an environmentally and socially responsible agenda: promising to slash carbon emissions, reduce poverty, and restore fragmented natural vegetation in its native Brazil. However, conservationists have called these claims into question, saying that behind Suzano’s green image, the company’s expanding eucalyptus plantations are drying out the land and increasing wildfire risk in the Cerrado savanna, which is already experiencing record drought. A report released in July by the Environmental Paper Network (…

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