Tag: deforestation
Reduced deforestation gives hope in the climate fight
previous full screen Next The Itacuaí River flows through the state of Amazonas in Brazil. Every year, the rainforest absorbs approximately 430 million tons of carbon, which corresponds to eight…
Deforestation in Brazil is decreasing
full screen Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who assumed the presidency in January. Archive image. Photo: Eraldo Peres/AP/TT Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell by over…
Brazil: President Lula unveils a new plan against deforestation in the Amazon
In Brazil, President Lula presented a new plan to combat illegal deforestation in the Amazon on Monday, June 5, 2023, on the occasion of World Environment Day. This ambitious plan,…
Products that cause deforestation will soon disappear from stores in the EU
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has called for a delay in construction projects where the construction could be interpreted as causing deforestation. Products that have caused deforestation will soon…
Swedish technology will prevent deforestation in the Amazon
In recent years, the Amazon rainforest has been cut down at a record high rate, but now Brazil’s new president, Lula da Silva, wants to draw up a recovery plan…
Gold panning, malaria, deforestation… In Brazil, the slow agony of the Yanomami
Brazil has been in shock since the publication in the press, on January 20, of photos of Amerindian children emaciated due to malnutrition. These images have lifted the veil on…
Coffee, cocoa, meat… These products resulting from deforestation are now banned by the EU
No traceability, therefore no cocoa, or even coffee… After long negotiations, the European Parliament and the EU Member States reached an agreement overnight from Monday to Tuesday to ban imports…
Coffee, cocoa, meat… These products resulting from deforestation are now banned by the EU
No traceability, therefore no cocoa, or even coffee… After long negotiations, the European Parliament and the EU Member States reached an agreement overnight from Monday to Tuesday to ban imports…
French banks accused of financing deforestation in the Amazon
In a report, published this Monday, November 28, 2022 by a coalition of five NGOs and the media, accuse French banks of financing players in the Brazilian agro-industry involved in…
Synthetic palm oil: a sustainable solution to save the planet?
News Published on 11/13/2022 at 5:07 p.m. Updated 11/13/2022 at 5:07 p.m. Reading 3 mins. As COP27 unfolds in Egypt, nearly 196 countries are trying to find solutions to the…