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Analysis: Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation

A Greener Life

Coal extraction in Indonesia is done with open-pit mining, hence the deforestation,” says Syahrul Fitra, a senior forest campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia. of total tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2019. of total tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2019. The main destination for this coal was China, with 99.2

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Analysis: Energy needs drive deforestation in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

A Greener Life

to 45% between 2000 and 2005, then down to 42% by 2010. The rate of deforestation has since slowed, but it is still of major concern. Timber smuggling is another major cause of deforestation in the region. Furthermore, this decrease has accelerated, dropping from 45.9% Such an increase would have severe consequences.”

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Lula, who served as President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010 (and is the first President in the country to return for a third term), is known for supporting policies to protect the environment and disenfranchised social groups.

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

Corp Watch

In 2018, we penned “The Case Against Nestlé” and launched the Nestlé Pledge: a commitment consumers can make to disavow themselves from Nestlé. Palm oil for Nestlé: more than 1,000 cases of deforestation per day Rainforest Rescue | October 22, 2020 In 2010, Nestlé gave itself ten years to switch to 100% deforestation-free palm oil.

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

Corp Watch

In 2018, we penned “The Case Against Nestlé” and launched the Nestlé Pledge: a commitment consumers can make to disavow themselves from Nestlé. Palm oil for Nestlé: more than 1,000 cases of deforestation per day Rainforest Rescue | October 22, 2020 In 2010, Nestlé gave itself ten years to switch to 100% deforestation-free palm oil.

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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

Law Columbia

In 2010, the City Council of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania unanimously passed an ordinance recognizing the Rights of Nature as part of a ban on shale gas drilling and fracking. The court ordered the government to develop and implement action plans to address deforestation. Colombia : Future Generations v. Ministry of the Environment.

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Where’d the wood go? The importance of wood in rivers and how we can learn to appreciate it

HumanNature

Geomorphology 116 , 305–319 (2010). Ecol Freshw Fish 27 , 1023–1036 (2018). Ecol Eng 120 , 249–259 (2018). The fields of fluvial geomorphology, riparian ecology, stream biology, and river restoration have recognized the value of wood in rivers for decades. & Jeffries, R. Jeffries, R., & Sear, D. Nagayama, S., Keller, E.

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