Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2008, Ecuador became the first country in the world to formally recognize and implement the Rights of Nature, which Ecuadorians refer to as the Rights of Pachamama (Mother Earth). The court ordered the government to develop and implement action plans to address deforestation. What countries have declared rights of nature?

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The river, as with its inhabitants, are directly harmed by illegal mining, deforestation, and other extractive and harmful activities. The only way to protect the communities along the river was to grant rights of nature to the river itself.

2016 59

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Ideally this will be done without increasing deforestation and consequently decreasing carbon storage. professor of risk engineering at NYU School of Engineering, compares the “GMO experiment” to the US financial system before the 2008 crash, which many people believed to be “too big to fail.” Mark Spitznagel.

Climate Change 40

Climate Change Deforestation 2008 2005 40

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Coal companies routinely walked away from gaping chasms in the land, polluted streams, and deforestation. In recent rounds of reauthorization, Congress reduced the AML fee: the 2006 reauthorization reduced the fee by 10 percent in 2008, and another 10 percent in 2013. Coal production has been in precipitous decline since 2008.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

China: Melamine Scandal DW | September 22, 2008 As the milk scandal widens, Swiss food giant Nestle said it was "confident" that its products in China were safe. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Who's to blame? Media reports had suggested its products were laced with a chemical that killed four babies.

Deforestation 52

Deforestation 2016 2019 2018 52

Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Over the last few decades China has installed 30 million small biodigesters to help rural populations deal with energy poverty, deforestation, and healthcare. Households in developing nations are already using the various local waste streams to generate it onsite for cooking. A total of 6.5

Carbon Dioxide 52

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Unlike many other works of botany from that age and later, Sylva highlighted the growing problem of deforestation in England. Due to mass deforestation in the industrial era, they were driven out of the lowland habitats and into the highlands of China. Evelyn did not take this work upon himself. Their status today is “Near Threatened”.

Conservation 52

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

John Ruggie’s 2008 Framework imposes only a responsibility, not a legal duty, on companies to respect human rights. A duty imposed for more directly attributable pollution under The Pact, such as deforestation or oil spills, may be easier to define and therefore to enforce on corporations. The Global Pact could change this.

Law 52

Law Politics 2015 Sustainable Development 52

Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] crops declined 18% between 1980 and 2008 and is today 80 percent lower than their 1972 peak. [17] Central America, South America, Africa, and Oceania are still deforesting. 5 (2008): 985–997, [link]. [73] million to 3.3 Chen et al.,

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Brazilian Court Granted a Preliminary Injunction Ordering the Removal of Cattle Herds from Farms that Caused Deforestation. The MPF brought a tort case against de Rezende for causing the deforestation of 2,488.56 The MPF further seeks up to R$ 85.4 Ministério Público Federal v.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Under President Bolsonaro, Amazon deforestation soared to its highest rate since 2008. Such calls for climate financing and deforestation commitments are welcomed, particularly in light of the current levels of GHG saturation in the atmosphere. The New York Times called his participation at this COP “exuberant.”

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