Brazil’s Açaí, Babassu and Castanha: Fire, Intensification and the Cost of “Regen Beauty”
UEBT’s 2025 regenerative designs name açaí, castanha and babaçu while Mongabay and Guardian document heat, fire and El Niño load on Amazon extractivism. Cosmetics and nutra offtake is stewardship only when cooperatives keep practice evidence, living-income terms and margin — not when brands rent the word “regen.”