A decade ago, soya was being hailed as a superfood but in recent years, numerous issues surrounding deforestation and its impact on health have come to light
… The dark side of soya: how one super crop lost its way Amy Hall … Living Soy Deforestation WWF Greenpeace Gm Soya Health Farming Food And Farming Climate … Amazon Lives holding.jpg A decade ago, soya was being hailed as a superfood but in …
Amazon threat from soybean expansion delayed for a year - but 8 million hectares of unprotected forest at risk from 2015 pending new measures.
… measures. A landmark moratorium on Brazilian soya that was set to end on the last day of … The initiative prevents major traders selling soya that may be linked to deforestation in … today's decision: "By agreeing to extend the Soya Moratorium, traders are responding to …
The unfolding human and ecological disaster of GM agriculture in the Americas must send the EU a powerful message, writes Helena Paul. We don't want it here, and we should stop buying the products of GM-driven genocide and ecocide abroad.
… crops in Argentina began in 1996 with GM soya and spread swiftly through the country. … Powerful groups of investors helped drive GM soya production. Small farmers could not … figure is indirectly confirmed by figures for soya just planted (7th February 2014) of …
When it comes to oils we are spoilt for choice, with more than 130 million tonnes of oil consumed every year, according to the WWF. But with demand set to increase, what sort of impact is our appetite for oil having on the planet? And which is the green choice?
… Rapeseed Oil Biofuels Food And Farming Soy Soya Plantations Deforestation Indonesia … READ MORE... GREEN LIVING The dark side of soya: how one super crop lost its way A decade ago, soya was being hailed as a superfood but in …
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 his first 100 days. As a major importer of soya and beef, the EU should check his power. … agricultural exports, in particular, soya and beef – which are major causes of land …
Two years on from our first investigation of the impact of intensive soya farming, Friends of the Earth campaigner Nick Rau explains how progress in tackling the problems are still frustratingly slow
… investigation of the impact of intensive soya farming, Friends of the Earth campaigner … is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals …
Land theft, agribusiness and violence pose an existential threat to Brazil's Guarani people, writes Lewis Evans. They maintain a powerful resolve to regain their historic lands, and even have the law on their side - but the tribe will need international support to prevail against murderous ranchers and farmers, corrupt politicians and a paralysed legal system.
… is turned over to profit. Vast quantities of soya, sugar cane, and other cash crops are … journalists are on the side of ranchers and soya barons who despise the Guarani and would …
Amidst the turmoil of the presidential impeachment, writes Jan Rocha, right wing members of Brazil's Congress are set to pass new laws that would build new roads across the Amazon, open up indigenous reserves to industrial exploitation, and create a surge in carbon emissions from burning forests.
… bill's rapporteur is Senator Blairo Maggi , a soya magnate, who has cleared thousands of … bill's rapporteur is Senator Blairo Maggi, a soya magnate, who has cleared thousands of …
Biomass electricity in the UK = clear-cutting of ancient swamp forests + bulldozing of traditional communities' lands + deprived UK communities bearing the brunt of toxic emissions.
… their lands, first from landowners planting soya and more recently from pulp and paper …
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been sharply reduced in recent years, writes Alex Kirby. But analysts say that palm oil and other cash crops are set for a major expansion, while high demand for beef, and administrative chaos, may undermine efforts to reform the ranching sector.
… Paulo says production of four crops alone - soya, corn (maize), sugarcane and palm oil - …
Guarani man Semião Vilhalva was murdered by ranchers' gunmen last weekend after his community reoccupied parts of their ancestral land from ranchers. Thousands of Guarani Indians holding on to tiny patches of their ancestral land are living in constant fear of forcible eviction.
… decades ago and now occupied by ranches and soya, corn and sugar cane plantations. …
Left wing governments across the Americas are faced with a dilemma, writes Daniel Macmillen - high social spending programs financed by income from destructive mining and hydrocarbon extraction - or a slower but sustainable development path that puts ecology, equity and justice first. Their answer - a constant pushing back of the resource frontier.
… opposing the expansion of the industrial soya industry were injured after their protest …
The Kawahiva, an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rainforest, face extinction unless Brazil's government acts to secure their legal rights to land, security and to remain undisturbed by outsiders, writes Lewis Evans. The decree that would achieve this vital goal has been sitting on the Minister of Justice's desk since 2013. Let's make sure he signs it soon, before it's too late.
… destroy the forests to grow maize, sugar and soya, ranchers create fenced-off grasslands …
In the thick of the Olympic frenzy, one voice that was systematically excluded from mainstream narratives is that of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples, writes Lewis Evans, who have fought to survive through centuries of dehumanisation, theft and genocide. And now they face a fresh attack as a proposed constitutional change, PEC 215, threatens a new round of indigenous land theft.
… stolen to make way for ranching and intensive soya bean and sugarcane cultivation, many of …