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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.
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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Inhabitant
JULY 1, 2021
The harpy eagle, one of the world's largest eagles, has almost "zero" chances of surviving if Amazon deforestation continues
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Read the full story at The Scotsman. Rare and internationally important Celtic rainforests in Scotland are to be restored and expanded as part of a £500 million national investment in the country’s natural economy. Read more → Natural resources United Kingdom
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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