deforestation
How to stop deforestation: ‘Indigenous people are the best park rangers’
Trees soak up greenhouse gases, so how do we ensure their protection? Our experts offer seven ideas for the conservation and restoration of forests 1 | Stop subsidising agriculture that harms forests Countries need to stop using outdated fiscal policies for agriculture. In some places, such as Brazil and Indonesia, the amount spent by their […]
America’s Top Brands, Cattle, and Deforestation
Along with the rest of the world, I was transfixed by the Olympics last month in Rio. Besides the athletic feats of strength and prowess, I found myself fascinated by drama surrounding the games. I cringed when I heard a commentator give credit for a woman winning a gold medal to her husband and coach, […]
American retirement funds are destroying rainforests
Innovative new web tool empowers citizen investor action on deforestation A new transparency tool, “Deforestation Free Funds,” shows which global mutual funds contain palm-oil-related holdings, the fastest growing cause of rainforest destruction today. Friends of the Earth and As You Sow created this free online database to allow individual investors, for the first time ever, […]
Norway becomes first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation
‘This is an important victory in the fight to protect the rainforest’ Norway has become the first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation. The Norwegian parliament pledged the government’s public procurement policy will become deforestation-free after a committee of Mps recommended imposing regulations to ensure the state did “not contribute to deforestation […]
Indonesia cracks down on deforestation in symbolic u-turn
Indonesia’s new president announces plans to protect rainforest and peatlands, signalling a new direction for country with worst rate of deforestation in the world Indonesia’s reforming new president is to crack down on the rampant deforestation and peatland destruction that has made the nation the world’s third largest emitter of climate-warming carbon dioxide. Joko Widodo […]
Forest Footprint Disclosure
The idea for the Forest Footprint Disclosure project was born in 2008, when the director of the Global Canopy Programme, Andrew Mitchell, attended a Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) event and mentioned to its CEO that, while deforestation accounts for around 15–20% of global carbon emissions, it was not being accounted for in the CDP disclosure […]
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