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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

Key updates reflect a dynamic landscape, from shifting deforestation rates in the Amazon to ground breaking initiatives in clean energy. Deforestation decline in the Amazon Deforestation in the Amazon has reached a nine-year low, with a significant 30.6% decrease compared to the previous year.

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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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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Risks to such species include overhunting/overfishing or gathering, toxic waste, a changing environment, deforestation and so on. It was signed by 46 states and the 28 European Union member states, coming into force on the 30 th October 2001. Sponsored Content.

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] Riley, “Estimates of Regional and Global Life Expectancy, 1800–2001,” Population and Development Review 31, no. Central America, South America, Africa, and Oceania are still deforesting. 11] The key is producing more food on less land.

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The Stream, January 16, 2025: EPA Warns of PFAS in Sewage Sludge Fertilizer; More Rain, More Drought Expected in Mediterranean

Circle of Blue

A multi-million dollar, internationally backed initiative will aim to sustainably produce cacao and coffee in Cameroons rainforests a practice that has historically caused deforestation. One of the largest drivers of deforestation, according to one 2024 study , is the production of cacao.