Tag: deforestation
Biodiesel Expansion Could Worsen Deforestation in Indonesia
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…
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation skyrockets to 12-year high under Bolsonaro
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged to a 12-year high in 2020, official government data shows, with destruction soaring since President Jair Bolsonaro took office…
Rampant destruction of forests ‘will unleash more pandemics’
Scientists are to warn world leaders that increasing numbers of deadly new pandemics will afflict the planet if levels of deforestation and biodiversity loss continue…
Climate change and agriculture driving record levels of deforestation, WWF report finds
Climate change and agriculture are fueling record levels of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, with fires in the area 33% higher over that last 12…
Concordia Student Maps Global Primate Habitat Endangered By Climate Change
The list of man-made threats facing the world’s non-human primates is depressingly long. Deforestation, poaching, the exotic pet trade and infectious diseases — all are…
Amazon fires rage despite official ban, Greenpeace photos reveal
Farmers, ranchers, and land speculators in the Brazilian Amazon are continuing to burn forests despite an official government ban on burning in the region, reveal…
A fifth of EU soy imports from Brazil could be tainted by deforestation, study says
A fifth of EU soy imports from Brazil may come from land illegally deforested, according to a study released on Thursday that offers a detailed…
Brazil Amazon deforestation up in June, set for worst year in over a decade
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rose for the 14th consecutive month in June, preliminary government data on Friday showed, heaping further pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro…
$4 trillion fund holders tell Brazil to halt deforestation
Investment funds managing close to $4 trillion in assets called on Brazil Tuesday to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that…
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