Swapping fifth of meat for alternative foods could halve 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
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Most Agribusinesses and Banks Involved With ‘Forest Risk’ Commodities Are Falling Down on Deforestation, Global Canopy Reports
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
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COP26: Deal reached to aim to end deforestation by 2030?
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.
Deforestation Is Killing Workers in Tropical Countries
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.
Swapping fifth of meat for microbial protein could halve 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
Amazon deforestation in April was the worst in modern records
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
As Deforestation Grows in the Brazilian Savanna, Government Ends Monitoring
Yale E360
JANUARY 7, 2022
Last year, deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado region, one of the largest savannas in the world, reached its highest level since 2015, according to newly released data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
Indigenous Peruvians Use Smartphones to Monitor Deforestation
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.
Peace has led to more deforestation in Colombia
Frontier Sin
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.
In the Amazon, the World’s Largest Reservoir of Biodiversity, Two-Thirds of Species Have Lost Habitat to Fire and Deforestation
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.
Analysis: How Costa Rica reversed deforestation and raised millions for conservation
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.
Reducing Deforestation and Methane Emissions Take Center Stage at Glasgow
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.
California governor vetoes tropical deforestation bill
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
Governors Launch Action Plan to Reduce Deforestation and Improve Lives in Forested Regions
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.
The great Amazon land grab – how Brazil’s government is clearing the way for deforestation
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.
Deforestation Strengthens Storms in West Africa
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
Amazon deforestation still high despite Brazil's COP26 pledge
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.
Brazil’s Amazon beef plan will ‘legalise deforestation’ say critics
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
Annual Amazon deforestation rate hits highest levels in a decade
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
Indigenous Amazon Communities Fight Deforestation with New Early Alert Tool
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.
Coalition of multinational companies issues report on reducing deforestation
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
110 countries pledge to end deforestation by 2030
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
Outdoor workers are losing hours due to overheating from deforestation
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
Colombia's peace treaty accidentally sparks increase in deforestation
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
Jaguars face major threat from Amazon deforestation and fires
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
New Reports Show Forests Need Far More Funding to Help the Climate, and Even Then, They Can’t Do It All
Inside Climate News
MAY 4, 2022
Studies show international efforts to cut carbon emissions by reducing deforestation are badly underfunded, riddled with complex problems and overwhelmed by industries that continue to cut down trees. Science Climate Change climate finance Deforestation Forest redd+ United Nations
Biodiesel Expansion Could Worsen Deforestation in Indonesia
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
Over 100 countries at COP26 pledge to end deforestation by 2030
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
More than a hundred countries announce the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use, as £14 billion is committed to fight deforestation
New Greenpeace report on deforestation in West Papua shines a light on the worst offenders
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.
How Americans’ appetite for leather in luxury SUVs worsens Amazon deforestation
Environmental News Bits
DECEMBER 10, 2021
An examination of Brazil’s immense tannery industry shows how hides from illegally deforested ranches can easily reach the global marketplace. Read the full story in the New York Times. In the United States, much of the demand for Brazilian leather comes from automakers. Read more → Auto industry Consumer behavior
Global forest destruction continues despite COP26 deforestation pledge
New Scientist
APRIL 28, 2022
Satellite data shows 3.75 million hectares of tree cover, or 10 football pitches a minute, disappeared across primary tropical forests in 2021
Global food brands fight UK bill that fines for products linked to deforestation
Inhabitant
MAY 28, 2021
The UK Parliament is discussing a bill that demands traceability from food brands and fines those that sell products linked to stolen and deforested land
The hidden effects of deforestation on our planet and 3 other fascinating Frontiers articles you may have missed
Frontier Sin
APRIL 5, 2022
The Unseen Effects of Deforestation: Biophysical Effects on Climate. By Colm Gorey, Frontiers Science Communications Manager. Image: Shutterstock.com. At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience.
New EU rules for deforestation-free products: Companies will be ‘monitored and held accountable’
Environmental News Bits
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The European Parliament has said companies supplying products that risk contributing to deforestation will be ‘monitored and held accountable’ through new due diligence regulations. Read the full story at Food Navigator. But farming groups have raised concerns that the new regulation might not be WTO-compliant. Read more → Europe Food and beverage manufacturing Regulation
Over 80 fashion brands linked to Amazon deforestation
Inhabitant
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Turns out, it’s not just fast-food chains causing problems. According to a new study, many fashion brands source leather from opaque supply chains tied to decimating forests
In Peru, an Indigenous Group Fights to Protect Land from Drug Traffickers and 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.
Guest Commentary: Brazilian’s first tort climate case for illegal deforestation in Amazonia
Law Columbia
JUNE 16, 2021
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. Illegal deforestation in traditional land.
COP26 economist: There are winners and losers to halting deforestation
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Read the full story in Nature. Researchers at COP26 speak of their hopes and fears for the momentous climate summit — and what they hope to achieve by attending. Read more → Climate change
Illegal beef farmers promote deforestation in Chiribiquete National Park
Inhabitant
JUNE 30, 2021
According to the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), there are known links between protected ecosystems, cattle ranching and the supply chain behind the beef sold in Colombia
UN Report Says Humanity Has Altered 70 Percent of the Earth’s Land, Putting the Planet on a ‘Crisis Footing’
Inside Climate News
APRIL 27, 2022
Science Climate Change Deforestation Desertification United NationsAgriculture is the biggest degrader of land, the authors say. Transforming farming practices could restore billions of acres by 2050 for less than is spent on developed-world farm subsidies.
Most Global Food Brands Continue to Have a Dismal Record on Beef and Deforestation
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
The Stream, July 1, 2021: Brazil Bans Outdoor Fires To Curb Deforestation In Amazon
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.
Sustainability at the source: How Unilever is addressing deforestation, living wages, and regenerative agriculture
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Read the full story at Food Navigator. How is Unilever ensuring sustainability in sourcing regions? Hanneke Faber, President Foods & Refreshment at Unilever, weighs in. Read more → Corporate sustainability Food and beverage manufacturing
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