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Guest Commentary: Brazilian’s first tort climate case for illegal deforestation in Amazonia

Law Columbia

The majority of the cases have been filed by the Amazon Task Force (ATF), established in 2018 by federal public prosecutors to unite the offices working to combat illegal deforestation in Amazonia. hectares (the equivalent of 4,650 football fields) between 2011 and 2018. Illegal deforestation in traditional land.

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COPs as Three-Ring Circus

Legal Planet

Thus did the “Berlin Mandate” of 1995 (adopted at COP1) lead to the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, and the “Durban Platform for Enhanced Action” of 2011 (adopted at COP17) lead to the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015.

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Should We Intensify Farming to Prevent Disease Epidemics like Coronavirus? An Interview with Josef Settele

Environmental Progress

For instance, when the Brazilian Amazon reached a peak of deforestation in 2004, strong command-and-control policies were put in place, carrying strong sanctions for municipalities and farmers to comply with legislation. A 2011 Nature paper found species-area model overestimate extinction. Is that the wrong picture?

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Global Perspectives on a Global Pact for the Environment

Law Columbia

Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). With research and administrative support from Nathan Lobel (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment).

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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

10] As wealthy nations develop and farms become more productive, grasslands, forests, and wildlife are returning. Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] Central America, South America, Africa, and Oceania are still deforesting. 11] The key is producing more food on less land.