2009 Deforestation Law 
Legal Planet
JULY 31, 2025
This is primarily due to deforestation and other land-use changes caused by converting wild areas into farmland to grow crops for livestock. Guest Contributor Alexander Wood is a rising 2L at UCLA School of Law. There is no doubt the benefits in reducing animal agriculture rival those in reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.
Law Columbia
MARCH 19, 2025
At a recent Columbia Law School colloquium, jointly sponsored by the Sabin Center and the Millstein Center, participants posed a foundational question: How do corporate law standards of fiduciary duty relate to what scientists call the climate emergency? [1] This means that the leaders of U.S. 5] Approximately two-thirds of U.S.
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Nature
AUGUST 12, 2025
High-resolution maps show that rubber causes substantial deforestation. Deforestation risk embodied in production and consumption of agricultural and forestry commodities 2005-2017. Accuracy of rubber-related deforestation maps. Rubber planting and deforestation. per year only $3.90 References Wang, Y. Persson, U.
Legal Planet
APRIL 13, 2023
Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Deforestation in the Amazon decreased significantly (by over 70%) during Lula’s last two terms, while it jumped (about 60%) under President Bolsonaro.
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Brazil’s National Policy on Climate Change ( NPCC and subsequent regulation ) was adopted in 2009 based on Brazil’s international commitments with the UNFCCC. While these targets were established voluntarily, they became mandatory once the Paris Agreement was promulgated as national law in Brazil through an executive decree.
HumanNature
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
The river, as with its inhabitants, are directly harmed by illegal mining, deforestation, and other extractive and harmful activities. Despite current inaction, constitutional law in Colombia now recognizes the Atrato River as a living entity with rights. Rather, the purpose may have been to empower the local communities.
Corp Watch
JANUARY 3, 2024
Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.
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