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This expanded definition could also impact EU countries and exporters, especially around deforestation for expanding domestic food production. Its inclusion was a “very bitter pill for the EU Council to swallow”, a parliamentary source told EurActiv when the agreement was struck in December.
Côte d’Ivoire recently hosted the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. New frameworks were launched to help restore forests and land, boost food production, create jobs for young people and lift rural women out of poverty. COP15 has created opportunities for new frameworks to ...
Strengthening forest and land-use governance in producer countries has to be the ultimate goal of any policy response. Stopping deforestation is crucial to cutting carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that 23% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2007-2016 came from agriculture ...
The number of landscape and jurisdictional approach initiatives supported by companies soared sevenfold in the six years to 2022. The reason the landscape and jurisdictional approach can be so effective in helping companies tackle deforestation lies in one magical, if overused, word: collaboration. The premise is that local buy-in and ...
If actions to stem the loses are not taken, more than 170 million hectares of forest will be lost by 2030, and 230 million hecatres by 2050, the report said. Forest loss must be reduced to close to zero by 2020 to avoid dangerous climate change, the report said. Current trends mean that is unlikely. Forest cover in Borneo, including Malaysia ...
Study finds evidence that tropical deforestation stops the rain Warnings and lessons from mapping changes in Brazil The main benefit of having more regular data is the increased visibility of any issues, such as those discovered while mapping out the Pantanal region, the world’s largest tropical wetland area across Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay .
Deforestation in Brazil is driven by demand and impunity. Brazil kept pace with global demand for soy, timber, and meat, and hyper-specialized industries like high-end leather for luxury SUVs. The country’s efforts to meet international appetites comes at an environmental cost, especially when forest products are not properly accounted for ...
Poverty is seen as a driving force behind the deforestation, with four in 10 Nigerians living in poverty in 2019, according to the World Bank. Established in 1936 and situated just 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the sprawling megacity of Lagos, Akure-Ofosu Forest Reserve has long been a sanctuary for Nigeria’s diverse and dwindling wildlife.
Desertification is a type of land degradation in which an already relatively dry land area becomes increasingly arid, degrading productive soil and losing its bodies of water, biodiversity and vegetation cover. It is driven by a combination of factors, including climate change, deforestation, overgrazing and unsustainable agricultural practices ...
The Tropical Forest Alliance has put together a 5-point plan to do just that. The first-of-its-kind EU legislation on deforestation-free products is just two weeks old, and is receiving mixed reviews, depending on your vantage point. The new law – which is aimed at tackling both climate change and biodiversity loss – requires all companies ...