Friday, February 14, 2025

Tag: deforestation

Is your bank financing the climate crisis? And what can you...

“Almost everyone has a bank account—and so almost everyone can be part of the solution.”

Global deforestation increased in 2023, report finds

If deforestation emissions were represented as a country, they’d be the fourth biggest emitter behind China, the U.S. and India.

What’s so green about burning trees? The false promise of biomass...

Bioenergy companies are clear-cutting American forests to heat and electrify Europe. This broken system harms public health, the environment, and the climate.

Deforestation puts lizards in North America at risk, new report finds

Forest loss, along with climate change, is creating a lack of shelter for lizards from extreme temperatures and nearly one in five could face population decline in the next century.

Amazon’s alarm: The rainforest’s role in pandemic outbreaks and planetary health

Amazon at the crossroads: deforestation and climate change fuel disease risks.

Growing Amazon deforestation a grave threat to global climate

Brazil had managed to reduce Amazon deforestation since the 2004 total of 27,772 square kilometers. This shows that it is possible, but it depends on political will and adequate management.

Brazil climate delegation includes meat giants linked to deforestation, despite country’s...

The COP26 delegation includes the CEO of Minerva Foods, and the chair of Marfrig, two of the world’s largest beef companies. Critics say their presence “smacks of greenwashing.”

Meet the coalition resisting the global push for land privatization in...

A campaign by U.S. and Brazilian activists challenging TIAA and other financial firms’ complicity in land grabs and deforestation in Brazil is scoring major victories.

California-sized area of forest lost in just 14 years

These include nine forest areas in Latin America, eight in Africa, and seven in Asia and Oceania.

Deforestation in Amazon skyrockets to 12-year high under Bolsonaro

The trees in the Amazon are a vital component in the fight against the climate crisis because they absorb billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year.

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