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Inside Climate News: Trees Fell Faster in the Years Since Companies and Governments Promised to Stop Cutting Them Down
In the seven years since governments and corporations promised to stop deforestation, the clear cutting of critically important tropical forests has instead increased by more than 50 percent, a new report shows, with commercial agriculture driving most of the increase.
STATEMENT: Investigation of Brazil’s Environment Minister Underscores Critical Importance of Stopping Illegal Deforestation—For the Sake of the Climate
WASHINGTON, DC (19 May 2021)—Brazil’s Minister of Environment Ricardo Salles, the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama – the Ministry of Environment’s administrative arm) Director Eduardo Bim, and at least eight other officials are the target of a Brazilian police operation investigating potential corruption, including accusations of facilitation of smuggling, inappropriate […]
New Report: Tropical Forests the Size of Denmark Illegally Cleared Every Year for Commercial Crops Consumed Worldwide
The criminal destruction of rainforests for commodities such as beef, chocolate, soy and palm oil knocks down 4.5 million hectares and releases 2.7 gigatons of emissions a year WASHINGTON, DC (18 MAY 2021)—A new study released today finds that at least 69% of the tropical forests destroyed for agricultural commodities between 2013 and 2019 was […]
BBC: Why Peru is reviving a pre-Incan technology for water
Peru is turning to ancient indigenous techniques and natural ecosystems to keep its taps running, as climate change threatens to dry out its water supply.
Voice of Vietnam: Rubber industry needs to develop production chain
Vietnam’s rubber industry needs to develop its production chain to meet the increasing demands of export markets, especially fastidious markets such as Europe and the US, according to experts.
New carbon markets data platform launched to ensure transparency and integrity in growing voluntary markets
Today Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, a nonprofit globally recognized leader in fostering voluntary carbon markets’ transparency, launched a powerful new data platform for tracking and analyzing carbon markets and voluntary offsetting by corporations, governments, non-profits, individuals, among others. The Ecosystem Marketplace (EM) Global Carbon Hub’s Data Intelligence & Analytics Dashboard provides carbon offset transactions, deliveries, […]
Reuters: Big brands join $1-billion forest conservation push for SE Asia
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Major household brands and palm-oil buyers Nestle and PepsiCo have backed a scheme that aims to invest $1 billion in forest conservation across Southeast Asia over 25 years.
Báo Pháp luật Việt Nam: khẩu gỗ và sản phẩm gỗ: Lo ngại rủi ro trong lẩn tránh xuất xứ (Export of wood and wood products: Fear of risks in avoiding origin)
Analyzing the import and export data of Vietnam’s wood and wood products, some experts believe that management agencies and the business community need to come up with feasible and effective measures, in order to detect and eliminate acts of commercial fraud and evading the origin of goods.
La República: El agua ¿nos compromete o nos involucra?
Tenemos que involucrarnos y entender que necesitamos restaurar amunas, esos sistemas incaicos y preincaicos de infiltración y recarga de acuíferos.
Sustainable Brands: Not All Carbon Credits Are Created Equal
While the majority of projects that generate carbon credits focus solely on carbon abatement, an increasing number also achieve other environmental, economic, social and cultural co-benefits — which increase impact ROI for companies.
