How EU deforestation laws are reordering the world of coffee
Environmental News Bits
MAY 7, 2024
New European Union rules aimed at stopping deforestation are reordering coffee supply chains. Read the full story from the Associated Press.
Governors Launch Action Plan to Reduce Deforestation and Improve Lives in Forested Regions
Legal Planet
MARCH 17, 2022
For more than a decade of leadership and innovation, member states and provinces of the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force have been developing strategies, programs, investment plans, and new legal structures to address tropical deforestation, embark on a low-emissions development path, and benefit their populations and the climate.
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Analysis: Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation
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. Thus it is necessary to assess this regulation,” Hariadi says. of total tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2019. million tons shipped there.
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.
The Not-So-Good News About Carbon Offsets
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 5, 2023
In case you missed it: there’s some good news about Amazon deforestation continuing to plunge. Jason Gray and I spoke recently about why tropical deforestation is down in Brazil, Colombia, and Indonesia. That’s good news because deforestation of tropical forests is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions.
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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 30, 2024
Global hunger and deforestation: Excessive consumption of bio-based diesel fuels has already contributed to the 2022 global food crisis , and is accelerating deforestation caused by increased soybean and palm oil cultivation around the world. The lower stringency results in lower costs and reduced economic impact of the regulation.
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Jason Gray Joins the Emmett Institute as Project Director, Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force
Legal Planet
MARCH 2, 2022
In his new role as Project Director of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force , Jason will help direct a major sub-national coalition focused on reducing tropical deforestation and advancing inclusive, equitable, low-emissions development at jurisdiction scale. Jason received his J.D. from Gonzaga University in biology and French.
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Singapore Publishes Eligibility List Under the International Carbon Credit Framework
Clean Energy Law
JANUARY 17, 2024
It is worth noting that the Eligibility List excludes renewable energy projects (with a few exceptions) and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD/REDD+) projects or programmes in High Forest cover, Low Deforestation (HFLD) countries.
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Guest post: Brazil will have first climate litigation trials in the Supreme Court
Law Columbia
MARCH 28, 2022
Brazil (on deforestation and human rights) (ADPF 760) and PSB et al. The PPCDAm represents a package of measures and financial directives by the Federal Government to combat deforestation and degradation in the Amazon. Two climate litigation cases are included on the docket on March 30th: PSB et al. Brazill (on Amazon Fund) (ADO 59).
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Profs. William Boyd and Alex Wang Join Prof. Ted Parson in Emmett Institute Faculty Leadership
Legal Planet
JULY 29, 2021
UCLA Professor of Law William Boyd. William Boyd is Professor of Law and Michael J. Klein Chair in Law at UCLA Law, with a joint appointment as Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability ; Alex Wang is Professor of Law at UCLA Law. UCLA Professor of Law Alex Wang.
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Water rights and forest regulations in the Charter of the Escartons (1343)
Environment, Law, and History
AUGUST 18, 2023
Article 18, with its early recognition of the connection between deforestation, erosion, and flooding, is interesting for its popular environmentalism, blaming the environmental degradation of the mountain region (a theme that became prominent again in the nineteenth century; see. This prohibition is perpetual.
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Mexico y el Cambio Climático
Legal Planet
MAY 5, 2022
Mexico’s climate commitment for 2030 under the Paris Agreement calls for cutting emissions 22%, cutting black carbon by half, and achieving net-zero deforestation. Recent changes in electricity regulation seem likely to increase the role of fuel oil in electricity production, which produces about 50% more carbon than natural gas.
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The Stream, November 16, 2022: UN Climate Summit Hosts First ‘Water Day’ at COP27
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Voters in southeastern Arizona delivered a split decision on the question of groundwater regulation. The Arizona Republic reports that voters in Cochise County approved regulations for the Douglas groundwater basin. Increase in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in the 2019-2022 period compared to the three previous years.
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Species on the Move: How Climate Change Is Re-Making Ecosystems
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2023
Deforestation and forest fragmentation are making it harder for species to move in response to climate chnage. Other research shows that deforestation and fragmentation has left 62% of tropical forests without enough connectivity to facilitate species shifts. Photo: T.R. American crocodile, Florida Everglades.
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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
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Brazil’s National Policy on Climate Change ( NPCC and subsequent regulation ) was adopted in 2009 based on Brazil’s international commitments with the UNFCCC. While these targets were established voluntarily, they became mandatory once the Paris Agreement was promulgated as national law in Brazil through an executive decree.
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel. Charts and Graphs Included
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2024
Since 2016, EPA has generally shown restraint in setting targets for biodiesel and related fuels, insofar as the law allows, and biodiesel consumption has actually fallen. Now it is California policymakers’ turn to establish sensible guardrails on fuel policies to avoid creating problems in California, and around the world.
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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.
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Starting with a Messy Slate: The Role of Environmental Law in Haiti after the 2010 Earthquake
Vermont Law
JULY 28, 2014
Summary: The country of Haiti does not have a history of effective environmental regulation and this has continued after the devastating 2010 earthquake due to a lack of political and economic infrastructure. Deforestation, air and water pollution, and lack of sanitation systems have led to public health problems and resource scarcity.
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STAFF NEWS: CHELSEA GOMEZ AND LEAH ADELMAN JOIN THE SABIN CENTER AS GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Chelsea Gómez joined the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law in October 2021 and serves as a Graduate Research Assistant supporting research on City Focus Groups on Climate and Equity-based Policies. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Policy from St. Edward’s University.
Carbon-Labeled Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner
Vermont Law
APRIL 13, 2020
stem from land cover change, such as deforestation, afforestation/reforestation, and wood harvesting. come from deforestation. In addition to carbon sequestration, tropical rainforests help to regulate the global temperature by. Deforestation raises the albedo. It prohibits states from enacting laws that result in a.
Reporting on COP: Farming for the Future – Climate Change and Food Security
Vermont Law
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
The following article is part of an Eco-Perspective special in which the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is collaborating with the VLS COP22 Observer Delegation. and renewable energy, co-benefits and trade-offs around land use and deforestation concerns, and exploration of funding options. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.
Perspective | Transforming the Economics and Governance of Water
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Climate change and deforestation are reshaping the monsoon season, causing ice on the Tibetan plateau to melt , and affecting freshwater supplies to more than one billion people. This will require long-term finance and novel mechanisms to regulate how the public and private sectors work together.
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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’
Corp Watch
JANUARY 3, 2024
Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.
Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report
Corp Watch
JANUARY 3, 2024
Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.
It is the time for nature: World Environment Day 2020
Manning Law
JUNE 8, 2020
As ecosystems and biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate regulation plummets. Now is not the time to set aside environmental laws and norms in the name of recovery, as we have seen done in some places.
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The Fad of Ecotourism in India: Discovering Paradise to Creating Purgatory?
Vermont Law
AUGUST 17, 2023
student, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow, India August 17, 2023 I. State of Karnataka , the Karnataka High Court ordered the handover of a restaurant building under forest conservation law violations. EcoPerspectives Blog The Fad of Ecotourism in India: Discovering Paradise to Creating Purgatory?
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Should We Domesticate Wild Animals to Prevent Disease Pandemics? An Interview with Peter Daszak
Environmental Progress
MAY 21, 2020
Maybe regulations can be brought and incentives for farmers to run a tighter ship in terms of pandemic risk that still allows them to make money. Lots and lots of regulations around trade and production but when we think about new ones it’s not really looked at. Peter Daszak, President, Eco-Health. They just need to be looked at!
An encroaching desert intensifies Nigeria’s farmer-herder crisis
Circle of Blue
APRIL 14, 2022
In the pre-colonial era, mechanisms such as the traditional administrative system which regulated grazing activities and demarcated cattle migratory routes, known as the burti, were key to establishing clear boundaries between farmers and herders. Nonetheless, modern state bodies have tried to regulate them.
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Vermont Law
APRIL 6, 2015
But, an even bigger challenge remains—regulation of chicken litter dumped into the Bay by the Delmarva Peninsula’s poultry industry. 1600s, but since then humans deforested the land, fished indiscriminately, farmed intensively, and the population grew. Thirty-six years after graduating from Albany Law School, she earned an LL.M.
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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Furthermore, in July 2023, India passed a new law that has made it easier to clear forests, including for coal mines. On-the-ground research in states like West Bengal suggests that weak regulation and enforcement mechanisms allow deforestation to continue apace – in contrast to the rosy picture painted by the government.
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Law Columbia
OCTOBER 12, 2021
the Nepalese Supreme Court found that the absence of a climate change law infringed the constitutional right to a clean environment, and that the right to a clean environment specifically requires the Nepal government to take climate mitigation and adaptation action. In Future Generations v. In Shrestha v. Next steps.
The President and Congress Deliver $11 Billion for Abandoned Mine Cleanups
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Coal companies routinely walked away from gaping chasms in the land, polluted streams, and deforestation. A separate program regulates mines abandoned after 1977, the subject of the next article in this series.). The original law made coal companies pay for the industry’s past environmental harms. For the last 45 years, the U.S.
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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean
HumanNature
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
According to the US EPA, environmental justice is “ the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies ”.
JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union
Corp Watch
MARCH 1, 2024
Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest.
NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments
Corp Watch
MARCH 1, 2024
Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest.
The EU-MERCOSUR Deal: A Litmus Test for Resolving the Growing Paradox of Development and Conservation
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 10, 2019
But, the idea of a shared benefit—both to the world and Brazil—is a paradox developing and developed nations have struggled with concerning their global commitment to reduce overall carbon emissions because, as Bolsonaro implied during his remarks, overly restrictive environmental regulations could impair a nation’s economic growth and development.
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Week One at COP26: Developments and Takeaways
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
These decisions help implement and operationalize the text of the Paris Agreement, much like regulations clarify statutory law. More than 100 countries p ledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. Perhaps even more so than the methane pledge, effort will be needed to ensure the deforestation pledge is met.
The Stream, March 8, 2023: Rewilding Pulls Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Wetlands Back from the Brink
Circle of Blue
MARCH 8, 2023
Flush with Cash, State Lawmakers Consider Water Risks — Water is poised for prominence this year in state law and policy. Nonprofit organizations and private landowners have stepped up in recent decades to combat deforestation. million people, Mongabay reports. In total, 11 restrictions were issued.
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Global Perspectives on a Global Pact for the Environment
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Edited by Michael Burger (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law), Teresa Parejo (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network) and Lisa Sachs (Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment). Sumudu Atapattu , Director of Research Centers and Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin Law Schoo. Richard School of Law. Knox , Henry C.
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Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support
Corp Watch
JANUARY 3, 2024
Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.
Conservation: History and Future
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
It is a practice and a philosophy, utilizing scientific tools and methods with applied ethics, and, where necessary, regulation and environmental law to limit the use of certain materials. Working to maintain biodiversity is conservation (regulate), making it illegal to build in a designated wilderness zone is preservation (eliminate).
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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022
ESA
OCTOBER 24, 2022
This law provides loan forgiveness for developing countries that meet specific benchmarks and agree to contribute to tropical forest and coral reef conservation. US law protecting endangered species hampered by poor resources, study says – The Guardian. Another amendment from Sen. Executive Branch. Scientific Community.
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Climate Change in the Courts
Vermont Law
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
the government to protect the Colombian Amazon from deforestation after a youth-led case put the government on trial. rejecting the claims brought by the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) that Exxon had violated the Martin Act, the strongest securities fraud law in the nation. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. attorneys.
Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Nickel mines can cause deforestation and water and soil contamination, such as in Claver , Philippines. Source: Hans Olav Lien/Wikimedia Commons. Nickel sourcing is more geographically diverse than cobalt; 37% of nickel comes from Indonesia, 14% the Philippines, and 9% from Russia. Yes, and the industry can and must get there.
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