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Global greenhouse gas emissions, even as they dropped last month to their lowest levels in more than a decade due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have fueled the ongoing climate crisis. Individuals and companies have long tried to reduce their emissions by what is known as carbon offsetting — the practice of compensating for emissions by […]

La gestión del agua en el Perú presenta desigualdades significativas en la participación de mujeres y hombres en la toma de decisiones sobre la infraestructura natural y el agua, a pesar de que las mujeres son en la mayoría de los casos las principales usuarias del agua para el consumo doméstico, la agricultura de subsistencia, […]

Todos merecemos vivir en comunidades seguras y saludables. Los últimos meses han puesto de manifiesto las inequidades inaceptables en nuestra sociedad y la medida en que nuestros derechos inalienables a la vida, a la libertad y a la búsqueda de la felicidad no son compartidos por todos y todas. El asesinato de hombres y mujeres desarmados como George Floyd, […]

We all deserve to live in safe, healthy communities. The past several months have glaringly highlighted the unacceptable inequities in our society and the extent to which our inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are not shared by all of us. The murder of unarmed black men and women like George […]

Inclusión de la infraestructura natural en planes integrales para la reconstrucción de regiones deja atrás la visión de que sólo la infraestructura gris o física es efectiva para mitigar riesgos de desastres. En el marco del Día Nacional de la Prevención de los Desastres en el Perú, es importante recordar la importancia de la infraestructura natural en […]

The coronavirus pandemic has created a global health and economic crisis that has affected families all over the world and nearly all industries, with aviation taking a particularly steep toll. Airlines may feel under pressure to save money at any cost, but hastily rewriting the fundamental structure of the industry’s flagship market-based program to address airline […]

The direct relationship between ecosystem health and our own has perhaps never been this salient. An exploitation-based relationship with nature contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and increases our vulnerability to other novel diseases. We need to demonstrate new models for a new relationship with nature, where society invests in environmental health while at the same […]

Cattle production is the largest driver of tropical forest loss worldwide, with devastating impacts for climate, biodiversity and people.

Without forests as a buffer, activities like hunting, mining, and logging expose people to animals. These interactions lead to the spread of animal diseases to humans, known as “zoonotic diseases.” And viruses aren’t the only health impacts from forest loss.

March 25, 2020 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cattle ranching for beef, dairy, and leather is the largest driver of tropical forest loss worldwide, with well-documented and devastating impacts for the climate and biodiversity. Paraguay in particular has one of the highest rates of forest loss in the world, largely due to rapid expansion of cattle […]