Two-thirds of UK public say government should do more to tackle Amazon destruction.
… Deforestation is 'key concern' Brendan Montague | 25th August 2020 | News Deforestation Amazon Public Opinion WWF … August this year – following an increase in deforestation alerts of 33 percent since last …
Deforestation-free businesses and finance should be new norm in UK.
… ClientEarth Food And Farming Agribusiness Deforestation Human Rights 5551935164_a62dd57c5b_3k.jpg Deforestation-free businesses and finance … and stop the flow of money leading to deforestation, environmental groups have …
'No deforestation' pledges by global food corporations are yielding results, writes William Laurance. But now the Indonesian and Malaysian governments are calling on them to abandon their promises - even as the region's rainforests go up in smoke, cleared for new oil palm plantations. The companies must hold firm to their commitments.
… Food Farming Climate Change fire-cut.jpg 'No deforestation' pledges by global food … wind back palm oil companies' pledges to end deforestation. This is despite Indonesia's … the move will undo recent attempts to end deforestation from palm oil production, and …
Large areas of rainforest degraded or destroyed due to human activity and climate breakdown - leading to carbon loss.
… decade with degradation a bigger cause than deforestation, according to new research . … for three times more carbon loss than deforestation. The research team – including … Change , also show a significant rise in deforestation in 2019 – 3.9 million hectares …
Land in Amazon 'arc of deforestation' turned into small scale 'silvopastoral' systems, where animals graze among trees.
… Trees planted in Amazon 'arc of deforestation' Brendan Montague | 22nd April 2020 News Deforestation Amazon Science & Systems … Land in Amazon 'arc of deforestation' turned into small scale …
Rainforest Connection has developed a fast and affordable way to detect illegal logging and send real-time alerts to locals on the ground.
… 25th February 2020 News Change Makers Logging Deforestation CNN 5551935164_b0c5161052_k.jpg … suspicious based on its location, White says. Deforestation Forests are home to 80 … every minute. The UN also estimates that deforestation and forest degradation accounts …
Experts fear the Amazon is reaching tipping point, triggering dieback and major impacts for biodiversity and climate breakdown.
… | 7th March 2022 | News Amazon Rainforest Deforestation … has taken resilience well below 1991 levels. "Deforestation and climate change are likely to … factors – including droughts, fires, deforestation, degradation and climate change …
An open letter to the newly merged ethical certification standards, UTZ and Rainforest Alliance, urging them to maintain and improve on their certification criteria as they develop their new standard, from MACKENZIE DENYER, CLARE CARLILE and BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… been recently deforested, whereas UTZ allows deforestation of secondary forest. Standards … of the problems– such as child labour and deforestation - that certification aims to …
New documentary on indigenous rights and the future of the Amazon launches online.
… August 2020 | News Indigenous Peoples Amazon Deforestation Road Building International … causing conflict, fear and large-scale deforestation. The road is cutting through a … the road will cause over 40,000 hectares of deforestation by 2040, an area equivalent to …
'This year we see yet another rise in global fossil CO2 emissions, when we need a rapid decline.'
… Emissions from land-use change, such as deforestation, are projected to be 3.9 GtCO 2 … risks." Land-use changes, especially deforestation, are a significant source of CO … or new forests counterbalances half of the deforestation emissions, and the researchers …
New development financiers like China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are driving a global attack on the environment, writes Bill Laurance. With their fast track 'no questions asked' procedures, they are financing a wave of destructive mega-projects, giving the World Bank and other lenders the excuse to lower their already weak safeguards.
… problems, by promoting widespread deforestation, habitat fragmentation, … Brazilian Amazon has shown that 95% of all deforestation occurs within 5.5 km of a legal … networks) are expected to increase Amazon deforestation by nearly a million hectares . …
Limited edition Lush products set to raise money to reclaim oil palm plantations in Sumatra.
… News Change Makers LUSH Sumatra Orangutans Deforestation Palm Oil Cosmetics … (OIC). Lush aim to raise awareness about deforestation, as well as helping SOS and OIC …
Confectionary giant 'has ties with dirtiest palm oil trader in the world'.
… | 20th November 2018 News Palm Oil Greenpeace Deforestation Change Makers … “We’ve seen just how many people care about deforestation for palm oil this week and we’ve …
Roads, mines, dams, power lines, pipelines and other infrastructure projects are fast eating into the world's 'core forests', writes Bill Laurance. These rare and precious places where wildlife and ecological processes can flourish undisturbed must come before the evanescent gains of 'development'. To save what's left, governments and funders must learn the word 'No!'
… places, opening them up like a flayed fish to deforestation, fragmentation, poaching and … Tapajós River are expected to increase Amazon deforestation by almost 1 million hectares . …
Professor Herbert Girardet today launches a major new series of essays - Megamorphosis - exclusively with The Ecologist.
… | 19th August 2022 | News The Ecologist Deforestation Megamorphosis Amazon Climate … in the 1960s - ushering in a new era of deforestation and devastation in the name of …
The global banks financing industries driving biodiversity collapse.
… nature and stop finance for new fossil fuels, deforestation, overfishing and ecosystem … Indigenous rights and causing extensive deforestation, bankrolled by lending and …
Extreme events combined with rising stress levels are increasing the likelihood of ecosystem collapse, say scientists.
… by keeping the main stress levels like deforestation constant, new stresses like … known that the Amazon Forest is threatened by deforestation. However, it is easy to imagine …
Teen activists from Fridays For Future discuss climate anxiety, the billionaire press, capitalism, lobbying - and solidarity.
… I doubt we will see much meaningful change.” Deforestation Cammie, 15, a Scottish climate … of things they have announced, like ending deforestation, sounds good but in all honesty, …
The forest living güiña wildcat in Chile has a reputation for attacking livestock, and so it has been assumed that its declining population was due to human persecution. But new research suggests the real cause is habitat fragmentation. The ground breaking study will also help us support other wild carnivores, reports BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… is surprisingly resilient when it comes to deforestation - and even direct killing by …
Efficient resource consumption can save 22.8 billion tonnes of carbon and help avoid climate breakdown.
… feed - and for pasture, and this drives deforestation. Regenerative agriculture and … agriculture to avoid monocropping and deforestation; · Applying circular …
Economist Ann Pettifor predicted the 2008 economic crash. And predicted a 'shuddering shock' just ahead of the coronavirus pandemic. Find out what she sees coming next...
… 2011 feature film shows a bat displaced from deforestation infecting a pig with coronavirus …