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French banks accused of money laundering linked to Amazon deforestation

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French banks accused of money laundering linked to Amazon deforestation Mongabay PaulaR Fri, 11/17/2023 - 17:58 Thursday, November 16, 2023 Read more Dimitri Selibas A coalition of NGOs has filed a criminal complaint against several French banks for allegedly financing meat companies driving deforestation in Brazil.

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Report alleges APP continues deforestation 10 years after pledge to stop

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Report alleges APP continues deforestation 10 years after pledge to stop Mongabay PaulaR Mon, 11/20/2023 - 15:18 Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Read more Hans Nicholas Jong A new Greenpeace report alleges that pulp and paper giant APP continues to clear forests and develop peatlands 10 years after adopting its landmark 2013 pledge to stop destroying natural (..)

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Analysis: Energy needs drive deforestation in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

A Greener Life

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. EPAAJK’s State of the Environment 2018 report states that the average maximum temperature in Pakistan-administered Kashmir increased from 25C to 27C between 1962 and 2013.

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Analysis: How Costa Rica reversed deforestation and raised millions for conservation

A Greener Life

During last November’s COP26 climate change conference, the president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, signed an agreement that will see US$20 million flow towards the conservation of the country’s forests, funds earmarked to increase protection and help avoid deforestation.

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New high-resolution map shows fires caused one third of global forest loss between 2001 and 2019

Frontiers

In the case of the Amazonian fires of 2019, there was no clear information on what exactly was burning: forests or previously deforested areas that had been converted to pasture and cropland,” explained Dr Alexandra Tyukavina, of the University of Maryland. Read original article ?

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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

This is a pretty clear illustration of how sea level starts to rise slowly; but in the long run, sea-level rise caused by fossil-fuel burning and deforestation in our generation could literally go off the chart and inundate many coastal cities and wipe entire island nations off the map. But first things first. Observed Past Rise.

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

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Nestlé: Stop draining water from Pakistani communities and ensure that villages have access to safe drinking water Ekō (formerly SumOfUs) | 2013 Nestlé’s aggressive water grab is already descending like a plague on parts of Pakistan. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily.