Though the Earth loses forests at an alarming rate, the EU has yet to take decisive action against the most severe causes of deforestation. The EU must now act swiftly to ensure its consumption no longer drives forest destruction, writes SÉBASTIEN RISSO
… EU must back up its words with action on deforestation Sébastien Risso | 19th June 2017 News Deforestation EU Illegal Logging Agriculture … action against the most severe causes of deforestation. The EU must now act swiftly to …
Europe's resolve to act against the Bolsonaro government’s environmental crimes appears to be strengthening.
… EU agricultural imports and deforestation Nicole Polsterer | 28th May 2020 News Editor’s Picks Deforestation Brazil Amazon EU Agriculture … while media attention is elsewhere. Violation Deforestation in the Amazon rose by 64 percent …
Coalition argues for laws guaranteeing that products sold in the EU do not cause deforestation and human rights abuses in Brazil.
… that products sold in the EU do not cause deforestation and human rights abuses in … on Indigenous Peoples’ lands have surged, and deforestation rates in the Amazon have risen. … for Brazilian soy and beef, which drives deforestation and human rights abuses in …
Indonesia and Malaysia say the EU measure will unfairly disadvantage their crops, while environmentalists worry it won’t be tough enough on deforestation
… | 11th February 2019 News Palm Oil EU Deforestation 14244788480_0d44c73d8a_b.jpg … worry it won’t be tough enough on deforestation The European Commission will … to limit the use of biofuel crops linked to deforestation – amid backlash from the world’s …
Europe did not light the fires ravaging the Amazon, but it did provide some of the matches.
… 10th September 2019 News Amazon Rainforest EU Deforestation Trade Thought Leaders … of the ecosystem. The vast majority of the deforestation in Brazil and other Amazon … Uruguay). Sustainable Another major cause of deforestation in the Amazon is soy production, …
Introduction of measures to protect rainforests and ecosystems in Costa Rica and Thailand over the past 40 years have improved the livelihoods of the local population
… get REDD projects (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) up and … Atlantic Rising: Liberia faces choice between deforestation and REDD If alternatives to deforestation like REDD do not arrive soon …
The acclaimed buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh talks to the Ecologist about the loss of biodiversity and why human vulnerability is not something we should despair about
… 100 plants and animal species are lost to deforestation. Extinction of species is taking … warming is taking place. This time because of deforestation and industrialisation; man-made, …
Brazil’s president has slashed forest and indigenous protections in his first 100 days. As a major importer of soya and beef, the EU should check his power.
… In the first month of his presidency, deforestation in the Amazon reportedly rose … are major causes of land rights abuses and deforestation in Brazil. In 2017 Brazil … have violated human rights or caused deforestation. This can be done by passing …
The ongoing battle between US tree-sitters and North America’s big logging firms pitches some of the world’s most determined activists against some of its most ruthless corporations. It is a battle that the tree-sitters simply must not lose.
… Undaunted by this initial failure to halt deforestation, activists began using the … year. This devastation is not due just to deforestation; it is a consequence of the … sorts of people working hard to stop or slow deforestation. There are people who file …
The idea of a 'good, or even great, Anthropocene' as promised in the Ecomodernist Manifesto is purely delusional, writes Derrick Jensen. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as a noble mission - one whose ultimate purpose is the complete alienation of humans from the planet that spawned us.
The Ecomodernist Manifesto is a program for genocide and ecocide Derrick Jensen | 10th November 2015 Comment Society Natural World Ecocide Indigenous Peoples passenger-pigeon-cut.jpg The idea of a …
Who and what are biofuel sustainability standards designed to benefit? They are meant to safeguard forests and communities, writes Almuth Ernsting - but their real purpose is to protect the biofuel industry ...
Biofuel and biomass 'sustainability standards' are pure greenwash Almuth Ernsting | 10th March 2014 Comment Biofuel USA UK EU Climate Change Energy da-logsloadingforenviva.png Who and what are …
Wangari Maathai’s Nobel prize-winning activism has thrust the environment to the forefront of the global security agenda
… in Kenya alone. Besides stemming profligate deforestation, soil erosion and climate … that these needs were not being met because deforestation was leading to soil loss, to … fellow ministers nearly allowed more illegal deforestation near Nairobi. At home she has …
Plans to crack down on endocrine disruptors and illegal timber were buried by the outgoing President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso and his secretary-general Catherine Day - while undermining action on climate, renewables and energy efficiency.
… as a way to minimise problems such as deforestation , and increased greenhouse gas … Contraband wood products are the fruits of deforestation, which is responsible for 17% of …
Reporting from the frontline of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at the environmental situation in Tibet.
… of China-sanctioned logging have led to deforestation on a massive scale; less than … monastery, is a well known critic of logging, deforestation and wildlife hunting, and a …
The rainforest habitat of chimpanzees and other great apes is being destroyed by the expansion of palm oil projects in central Africa, according to new evidence from Greenpeace.
… an increase in their use, and the associated deforestation. They also voted to require an …
Rainforests around the world and the wildlife they sustain have a rosier future after the European Parliament voted to limit the growth of biofuels such as palm oil in the transport sector.
… palm oil for biofuels, which has escalated deforestation, land grabbing, and conflicts in … that they have the opposite effect, driving deforestation that makes their indirect …
‘Immortal’ and created solely to amass ever larger amounts of wealth, limited-liability corporations institutionalise dissatisfaction. They are, Derrick Jensen writes, the economic manifestation of the Buddhist notion of ‘hungry ghosts’ – spirits that roam the earth, always eating, never sated.
Corporate power wielded through limited liability status Derrick Jensen | 20th March 2001 News Limited Liability Corporations Corporation Corpo Human Rights Violations Companies Politics And …
As the public comes to terms with Government plans to sell public woodland, industry analysts predict much of the forest could be snapped up by energy companies looking to burn wood as a biofuel
… from illegally logged timber linked to deforestation HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE The … a new shop with a difference INVESTIGATION Deforestation could fuel deadly spread of …
With the EU projected to source most of its 'renewable' energy by burning biomass, its policies are leading to widespread land-grabbing and forest destruction, writes Oliver Munnion. And because many of the biomass projects are purely speculative, 'sustainability standards' will do little or nothing to improve practice on the ground.
… planting - and through it land-grabbing and deforestation - in the region, after signing a … the company responsible for land-grabbing and deforestation in Maranhão , has failed to …
How do the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and the Green Party measure up on their environmental manifesto pledges? Here's the definitive list...
… Argue for international target of zero net deforestation by 2020. Law making it illegal … to less industrialised countries to halt deforestation Badger cull in areas of high and …
Described as a ‘mosquito inside a tent’,
Rainforest Action Network are forcing corporate
America to change its destructive practices.
Nicola Graydon meets this inspiring group of activists
… Warming Climate Change Campaigns US Campaigns Deforestation Climate Change Food And Farming …
It’s the battle of the century. In one corner, the Economy – big, bloated, greedy and growing. In the other, the planet Earth – fragile, finite and fighting back.
… Justice Green Lifestyle Community Consumerism Deforestation UK Lessons From Nature Politics …
Just as Sir Nicholas Stern’s report in October 2006 put a price on the effects of climate change, a new report by the UN has begun to cost out the threat of failing to conserve the world’s biodiversity – a cool £40 billion annually, and rising.
… that if we continue with projected rates of deforestation until 2050, we will have cost …