Deforestation Related Topics 
Environment + Energy Leader
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
The post UK Triples International Climate Investments, Boosts Deforestation Programs at COP27 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Committing to international climate funding, especially benefiting the host continent, is a priority heading into the conference.
Yale E360
JULY 11, 2022
In the first half of this year, deforestation claimed roughly 1,500 square miles of the Amazon rainforest, an area five times the size of New York City and the greatest loss since at least 2016, according to the Brazilian Space Agency.
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A Greener Life
JANUARY 20, 2023
Coal extraction in Indonesia is done with open-pit mining, hence the deforestation,” says Syahrul Fitra, a senior forest campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia. of total tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2019. analysis Asia energy forests coal coal mines deforestation Indonesia
3BL Media
MAY 20, 2022
DESCRIPTION: To combat deforestation, interventions must support both development and inclusion. Smallholders need to be brought on the journey towards zero deforestation. KEYWORDS: Musim Mas, Food Navigator, smallholders, zero deforestation. SOURCE: Musim Mas.
Yale E360
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Global deforestation dropped by just 6.3 percent in 2021, leaving the world off track from its goals of ending forest loss by 2030 and limiting warming to 1.5 degrees C, according to a new report. Read more on E360
Yale E360
JULY 14, 2021
Members of nearly 40 Indigenous communities in Peru's northern border region of Loreto have been using smartphone mapping apps to track deforestation in the Amazon, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reported.
3BL Media
JULY 7, 2022
Deforestation has long been a prominent subject in the scientific and professional literature and, increasingly in recent years, the popular press. By no means am I suggesting that efforts to arrest and reverse deforestation in these regions of the world are misplaced or unworthy.
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Tuesday's highlight at the Glasgow climate summit was the Declaration on Forest and Land Use, under which more than 100 leaders — from Russia to Brazil to Canada to Indonesia — pledged to end deforestation and land degradation by 2030. If at first you don’t succeed, try another declaration.
Legal Planet
MARCH 17, 2022
In this plan, GCF Task Force members are issuing a clear vision of their realities and needs, as well as an urgent call for recognition and partnership to reduce deforestation and improve people’s lives in forested regions.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Panel discussions focused on highlighting implementation of innovative financing mechanisms, harnessing the potential of carbon markets for Indigenous empowerment, and on implementing jurisdiction-scale programs to reduce deforestation while supporting livelihoods. .
Yale E360
DECEMBER 28, 2020
The Indonesian government has announced a major expansion of a program to make biodiesel out of palm oil, a move that officials say would necessitate planting 37 million acres of new palm oil plantations — an area one-fifth the size of Borneo. Read more on E360
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
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. Enabling deforestation. Meanwhile, the Amazon is already on the brink and can’t survive years more deforestation.
Cool Green Science
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
New science estimates that heat increases caused by deforestation are killing more than 100 people per year in Berau, Indonesia. The post Deforestation Is Killing Workers in Tropical Countries appeared first on Cool Green Science.
New Scientist
JANUARY 5, 2023
Changes in temperature and precipitation due to rapid deforestation in the Amazon rainforest could have effects as far away as the Tibetan plateau and Antarctica
Inhabitant
JULY 1, 2021
The harpy eagle, one of the world's largest eagles, has almost "zero" chances of surviving if Amazon deforestation continues
3BL Media
OCTOBER 14, 2022
The Consumer Goods Forum’s Forest Positive Coalition of Action, an initiative of 21 consumer goods companies, shares progress on removing commodity-driven deforestation from supply chains. SOURCE: The Consumer Goods Forum.
Inside Climate News
JANUARY 12, 2022
They haven’t made commitments to stop deforestation related to beef, soy, palm oil and timber, and many of those that have aren’t following through. Science Climate Change Deforestation Global Canopy
New Scientist
MAY 4, 2022
Even a modest shift from ruminant meat to microbial proteins could cut deforestation and carbon emissions 56 per cent by 2050
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
DESCRIPTION: With new regulations, investor pressure, and disclosure requirements coming online, deforestation is a challenge that consumer goods companies can no longer afford to ignore. Leading companies have been working for years to mitigate deforestation risk in their supply chains.
Frontiers
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
In the tropics, when conflict affected countries transition to peace, deforestation often increases. The consequences of peace and armed conflict for deforestation depend on the location, reports a new publication in Frontiers in Environmental Science. By K.E.D. Coan, science writer.
A Greener Life
JANUARY 18, 2022
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.
Yale E360
MARCH 11, 2021
The Santa Martha territory of Peru is experiencing unprecedented deforestation as drug traffickers and land grabbers encroach. Owned by the Indigenous Cacataibo community, a majority of this 14,485-hectare territory had been officially preserved as forestland.
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Gavin Newsom on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have required businesses selling certain products to the state to prove they’re not contributing to tropical deforestation. Read the full story from the Associated Press. California Gov. Environmental advocates had hoped Newsom would make California the first state to limit contracts to businesses that can prove… Read more → Regulation Supply chain
Inside Climate News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Science Amazon Rainforest Biodiversity Brazil Climate Change DeforestationA new report finds that up to 85 percent of threatened animal and plant species have had their habitat damaged by mining, agriculture or logging.
New Scientist
MAY 10, 2022
The area cleared in April almost doubled, from 579 square kilometres in April last year to 1012 square kilometres, despite a pledge to halt deforestation
New Scientist
MAY 4, 2022
Even a modest shift from ruminant meat to microbial proteins could cut deforestation and carbon emissions 56 per cent by 2050
Scientific American
JANUARY 5, 2022
As trees are cleared, surrounding areas heat up, triggering heavy rainstorms. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com. Environment Climate Change Conservation
Environmental News Bits
JULY 28, 2022
To fight climate change and biodiversity loss globally, Environment MEPs want only deforestation-free products to be allowed on the EU market. The Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee today adopted its position with 60 votes to 2 and 13 abstentions on the Commission proposal for a regulation … Continue reading Climate change: new rules for companies to stop EU-driven deforestation globally. Read the full story from the European Union.
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The beef industry hopes a planned deforestation-free farming zone will tempt buyers back but many fear it will drive up illegal tree felling. Read the full story in The Guardian. Read more → Agriculture Climate change
Yale E360
APRIL 15, 2021
Despite pledges of reform, the world’s leading supermarket and fast-food companies are doing little to address the environmental and human rights abuses associated with beef production. Read more on E360
New Scientist
DECEMBER 9, 2022
The loss of pristine forest is estimated to be increasing by around 170 per cent annually in Venezuela - an even faster rate than Brazil - as a result of a state-sanctioned boom in gold mining
Scientific American
AUGUST 9, 2021
A pilot program reveals that deforestation declined when Peruvian Indigenous communities use an early-alert-system app to detect forest loss. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Inhabitant
AUGUST 23, 2021
A new report by Brazilian research institute Imazon shows that the Amazon forest has experienced the highest level of annual deforestation in a decade. Despite global calls for action, poor policies championed by President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil have contributed to increased deforestation
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Last week at COP26 in Glasgow, 100 countries, including Brazil, pledged to reverse deforestation by 2030. In fact, the latest numbers are the second most appalling since scientists began measuring deforestation However, recent figures for October show that Brazil is nowhere near protecting the Amazon rainforest.
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 11, 2021
23 published its first annual report detailing progress in reducing deforestation. Read the full story in Food Business News. A coalition of 20 global retailers and manufacturers, including PepsiCo, Inc., Nestle SA and Mondelez International, on Sept. Read more → Biodiversity Corporate sustainability Food and beverage manufacturing Natural resources Packaging Publications Pulp & paper
Environmental News Bits
MARCH 30, 2022
… Continue reading The great Amazon land grab – how Brazil’s government is clearing the way for deforestation. by Gabriel Cardoso Carrero, University of Florida; Cynthia S. Simmons, University of Florida, and Robert T.
New Scientist
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Forests have a localised cooling effect, and in tropical areas where deforestation has occurred, outdoor workers are now feeling the heat more
New Scientist
AUGUST 16, 2021
The end of Colombia's civil war in 2016 unwittingly caused an increase in deforestation across the country as Marxist guerrillas no longer protect the land
Circle of Blue
JULY 1, 2021
Reuters reports that the move comes ahead of the annual burning season in the Amazon rainforest in an attempt to cut down on deforestation. The post The Stream, July 1, 2021: Brazil Bans Outdoor Fires To Curb Deforestation In Amazon appeared first on Circle of Blue. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.
Inhabitant
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Today, the global food system supports the livelihoods of 600 million farmers and employs almost one-third of the global workforce. However, the agriculture industry is one of the largest contributors to global greenhouse gases worldwide
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Prospects for South America's biggest wild cat are likely to get worse in the short term unless the Brazilian government strengthens protections against deforestation for timber and cattle farming
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
More than 100 leaders from around the world pledged to reverse deforestation by 2030, in what's being lauded as the first big achievement of COP26. Countries are backing up their promise with more than $19 billion in public and private funds
Corp Watch
APRIL 13, 2021
"License to Clear" - a new Greenpeace report on deforestation in West Papua - shines a light on the worst offenders: Korindo, Posco International, Nobel Group, Hayel Saeed Anam Group, KPN Corp, Eagle High Plantations, Indonusa, Carson Cumberbatch/Goodhope Asia, DTK Opportunity, Digoel Agri/Bumi Mitratrans Marjaya Group, Salim & Victory.
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