This briefing is part of a series assessing environmental non-compliance risks in Brazil’s beef and soy producing landscapes, developed through a new part nership between Trase, ICV, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Centro de Inteligência Territorial (CIT) and Renmin University of China. This document focuses on environmental compliance in cattle production. A companion briefing applies the same methodological approach and similar datasets to soy producing regions and is available here.