Brazilian cocoa often comes from shaded agroforestry systems in Bahia and Pará. Each lot must stay linked to every contributing plot, while satellite evidence must distinguish stable tree-covered cocoa from later clearing. Bosqio brings plot locations, forest-change evidence, land and company records, producer documents and follow-up evidence into one traceable record.
Brazilian cocoa due diligence depends on a clear link between each cocoa lot and every plot that contributed to it. The main evidence combines the 2020 forest baseline, later land change, regional cocoa context, land and embargo records, company records and producer documents.
Maps and satellite signals provide context rather than a simple pass or fail. Cocoa often grows beneath shade trees, while cloud cover and seasonal changes can make individual images harder to understand. Conclusions therefore depend on several dates and evidence sources.
Brazil is classed as standard risk under the EU country benchmark. This is not a pass or proof of compliance for cocoa from Brazil. Operators still need to collect the required information, assess risk, and follow up until any identified risk is negligible.
Brazilian cocoa is concentrated mainly in Bahia and Pará, but the landscapes are very different. In southern Bahia, cabruca systems grow cocoa beneath native Atlantic Forest trees. Agroforestry is also common in Pará. This shade is valuable, but it means a production map or one satellite image cannot explain the whole plot history.
Brazilian cocoa often grows within forest-rich landscapes, especially the Atlantic Forest in Bahia and the Amazon in Pará. For EUDR evidence, the important distinction is between an established shaded cocoa system and forest loss or conversion inside the supplied plot after 31 December 2020. Nearby change adds context, while canopy management or one unclear image is not enough for a conclusion.
Cocoa can move through farmers, cooperatives, warehouses and processors before export. CAR data helps connect the plot to the rural property, while IBAMA embargoes and protected or traditional territories add legal context. CNPJ records identify the companies in the chain and can be matched with official labour enforcement records. A record match may need closer review, but a CNPJ alone is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Bosqio helps you understand what happened on and around your cocoa plot. Bosqio's own satellite data pipeline brings the newest available observations and alerts together with historical imagery to build a clear time series. This is especially useful for shaded cocoa, where one image may not show whether the tree cover is stable or has changed. The yearly views make the EUDR cutoff easy to explore, while new data, including same-day observations when available, keeps the picture current.
Cocoa can grow beneath a tree canopy, and cloud cover can hide the plot in optical images. Vegetation indices show how the canopy changes over time, while Sentinel-1 radar adds information through clouds. Together, the signals help separate stable agroforestry and seasonal variation from a lasting loss of tree cover.
Not every change in a cocoa canopy is deforestation. Pruning, shade management, storms, dry weather and image noise can all affect the signal. The strongest clues are where the change sits relative to the plot, when it began and whether it remains visible in later observations.