Tag: deforestation
The European Parliament renounces to reduce the law against deforestation but maintains the one-year postponement
A week after its weakening by the European Parliament, the law against imported deforestation is now supported by the member states of the European Union. The 27 agreed to maintain…
Rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon at its lowest level in nine years
The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 30.6% over one year between August 2023 and July 2024, according to data presented on Wednesday by the government of…
NGO denounces the use of chemical deforestation in the Pantanal
In Brazil, since Lula’s return to power, deforestation has declined in the Amazon, but it continues strongly in other regions of the country, which are also ecologically important. This is…
Brazil calls for postponement of European law on imported deforestation
Brazil is asking the European Union to postpone the entry into force of its new regulation against deforestation. This law would prohibit the marketing in the European Union of certain…
Slaughterhouses and breeders sentenced for deforestation of protected reserve
The justice system in the state of Rondonia found them guilty of raising and marketing cattle in the Jaci-Parana rainforest, now… transformed into pasture. Dozens of other cases are under…
Drought behind increased deforestation in the Amazon
share-arrowShare unsaveSave chevron-left previous expand-left full screen chevron-rightnext Felling in Humaitá in the state of Amazonas in Brazil. Archive image. 1 / 2Photo: Edmar Barros/AP/TT Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest…
Deforestation in the Amazon almost halved in one year | News in brief
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has promised to stop illegal logging in the Amazon by 2030. Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest has decreased by almost 46 percent during…
Map reveals extent of mining-related deforestation
Using high-resolution satellite images, The TreeMap researchers have produced a highly accurate map of the impact of mining on deforestation in Indonesia since 2001. The extreme precision of the images…
Deforestation in Brazil is starting a cycle where climate change is no longer under control | Foreign countries
The loss of the rainforests of southeastern Brazil has already progressed so far that it is feeding itself, and climate change at the same time. This is what the professor…
Carbon credits fail to deliver on deforestation, study finds
A long-term study has just been carried out concerning carbon credits and other financial instruments to protect the forest with more than 10 years of research synthesized by the International…