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The Amazon region in 2022 and 2023: deforestation, forest degradation and the risk of growing soy production
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been nearly halved in 2023 as compared to 2022, while forest disturbance differs for other countries of the region, according to a JRC Science for Policy report on "Deforestation and...
Comment: Without government regulation, reversing deforestation is nothing but a pipe dream
A decade ago, companies, financial institutions and governments made a pledge to achieve net-zero deforestation by 2020. This wasn’t met. Now there’s another deadline, agreed by countries at COP28: to halt and reverse...
Forest 500: A Decade of Deforestation Data
After 10 years and 1.3 million data points charting the companies and financial institutions most exposed to tropical deforestation, conversion of natural ecosystems and associated human rights abuses, ‘Forest 500: A Decade of...
A National Town Hall Meeting – Local and State Reparations: Repairing Black Communities
Guyana: President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali Calls For UK Reparations
Deforestation surge ends a decade of progress for Indonesia’s pulp sector
Deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions rise as Indonesian pulp producers expand operations to meet growing demand from China. Read more here.