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Amazon Deforestation is Down. Here’s Why.

Legal Planet

For several years, headlines about Amazon deforestation have all been bad. Good news in Brazil where deforestation in the Amazon declined 66.1 For the first eight months of the year, the rate of deforestation is 48 percent lower than the same period in 2022. percent compared to last August. Gray: Yes, for sure.

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Analysis: Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation

A Greener Life

Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. In 2021, the country produced 610 million tons of coal, half of which was exported, at a value of US$29.6 In 2021, the country produced 610 million tons of coal, half of which was exported, at a value of US$29.6

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COP26: Deal reached to aim to end deforestation by 2030?

A Greener Life

World leaders on Monday last week hailed a major breakthrough when, on the first official day of COP26 , a deal was agreed to stop deforestation by 2030. trillion of global assets – including Aviva, Schroders and Axa – will also commit to eliminating investment in activities linked to deforestation. Enabling deforestation.

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The Stream, September 23, 2021: New York City Risks Running Out of Water By 2050

Circle of Blue

When we think about people who are incarcerated, I would argue that they are on the front lines of climate change.” – Andrea Armstrong, a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. The BBC reports that data from Thames Water showed that so far, raw sewage has been released into the upper Thames for 50,000 hours in 2021.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Environmental Ministry and Brazil ). by 2020 against a 2010 baseline.

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Three River Communities, Worlds Apart, Tell Stories of Indigeneity in the Age of the Anthropocene

Circle of Blue

By Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue — August 10, 2021. It travels north along the Mahakam River, and two days later arrives in the central highlands of Borneo’s ancient rainforests. More than 30 percent of Borneo’s rainforests have been destroyed in the past half-century. . Kalimantan, Borneo © Marc Veraat.

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

Law Columbia

The Amazon rainforest, the country’s not-so-secret weapon to mitigate climate change, features prominently in the litigation. 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.