2. Soy and main crops cultivated area Arrows indicate the entry of GM soybean

3. Deforestation in Chaco Deforested areas 2002

4. Deforestation in Chaco Deforested areas 2002 Deforested areas 2012 5,000,000 ha

5. Transformation and protection in Chaco

6. 2008 Delta fire Pantanal (Brasil): largest wetland area expansion 35% 2002-2012

7. The soy monoculture model promotes the increasing use of agrochemicals

8. Changes in land tenure Paraguay : 2.6% producers account for 85% of the agricultural area

9. Soy certification

10. Producers under RTRS certification

11. Why is OSAS useful? Help monitoring soy expansion A platform to accumulate, exchange and homogenize technical and reliable information between organizations of civil society Publish information, make our messages easily accessible for governments, NGOs, private sector, and general public Influence government, farmers and companies. Help them to take more informed decisions

12. Conclusions Soybean is an important economical resource in Latin America The economic benefits have to equilibrate with - land use planning, - improvement in agricultural sustentability - actions that promote conservation of natural resources