Tag: deforestation
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.
Physicists: 90% chance of human society collapsing within decades
The model developed by the physicists depicts human population growth reaching a maximum level that is undermined by the shrinking of forests, which will not have enough resources left to sustain people.
How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans
Given the evidence, it is clear humans need to balance the production of food, forest commodities and other goods with the protection of tropical forests.
Fighting poverty can also fight deforestation, new study finds
A government program to help poor, rural Indonesians through direct cash payments had the unexpected effect of reducing deforestation by 30 percent in participating villages.
Statistic of the decade: The massive deforestation of the Amazon
At the cost of over $2,000 per acre—and that is the cheapest I could find—it isn’t cheap, totaling over $30 billion to replace what the Amazon lost this decade.
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More than just growing food without animal products, veganic farming reimagines agriculture as a space where humans, wildlife, and even soil microbes can coexist and flourish together, offering a bold and compassionate alternative to traditional organic methods.
Pendulum justice: The greater MAGA’s orgy of outrages, the more change looms
Under duress, wealth shares its spoils,/ But never forsakes its octopus coils.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.
Israel linked to majority of global civilian deaths from explosive weapons in 2025
A new international monitoring report found that more than 22,600 civilians were killed by explosive weapons last year, with Israeli armed forces accounting for 56 percent of recorded fatalities worldwide.
DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.