The Elephant
A resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
The ElephantA resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
(PDF) Salvage Logging, Ecosystem Processes, and Biodiversity Conservation
2024-04-16 (or before) in ResearchGatePDF | We summarize the documented and potential impacts of salvage logging—a form of logging that removes trees and other biological material from sites... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
Drax: UK power station still burning rare forest wood
2024-02-28 in The BBCOwner Drax, which received £6bn in subsidies, continues to burn timber from Canadian trees - BBC finds.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Forests | Canada | Trees | Biomass
The Amazon has survived changes in the climate for 65 million years. Now it’s heading for collapse, a study says | CNN
2024-02-14 by in CNNThe Amazon rainforest is on course to reach a crucial tipping point as soon as 2050, with devastating consequences the world’s ability to tackle climate change, a study shows.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Collapse | Tipping Points
Amazon rainforest could reach ‘tipping point’ by 2050, scientists warn
2024-02-14 in The Guardian‘We need to respond now,’ says author of study that says crucial forest has already passed safe boundary and needs restoration
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees | Tipping Points
More than 100,000 trees to be planted in Devon to boost Celtic rainforest
2024-01-29 in The GuardianNational Trust says it hopes to establish 50 hectares across three sites close to surviving pockets of rainforest
Tagged under: Deforestation | Wildlife | Trees
Questions over £22bn in UK billpayer cash handed to wood-burning firms
2024-01-24 in The GuardianSpending watchdog calls for biomass subsidy scheme to have tougher environmental requirements
Tagged under: Deforestation | Electricity
Cookstove carbon offsets overstate climate benefit by 1,000%, study finds
2024-01-23 in The GuardianCookstove projects are one of the fastest-growing carbon offset schemes but research finds carbon benefits are vastly overstated
Tagged under: Deforestation
Brexit divergence from EU destroying UK’s vital environmental protections
2024-01-19 in The GuardianExclusive: Britain is falling behind the bloc on almost every area of green regulation, analysis reveals
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Health | Trees
Deforestation effect of UK consumption unsustainable, say MPs
2024-01-04 in The GuardianCommittee finds British consumers contributing particularly highly to destruction of world’s forests
Tagged under: COP28 | Deforestation | Trees
The Biggest Environmental Problems Of 2021
2024-01-03 by in Earth.OrgFrom deforestation and plastic pollution to fast fashion and food waste, here are 15 of the biggest environmental problems of our lifetime.
Tagged under: Deforestation
‘Jewel of Britain’s nature crown’: Plan to restore rainforest welcomed by campaigners
2023-12-29 in The GuardianConservationists say government strategy to recover Britain’s degraded temperate rainforest is a good start but want a target to double the area by 2050
Tagged under: Deforestation | Wildlife | Trees
How Mounting Demand for Rubber Is Driving Tropical Forest Loss
2023-12-16 (or before) in Yale E360The growing market for rubber is a major, but largely overlooked, cause of tropical deforestation, new analysis shows. Most of the rubber goes to produce tires, more than 2 billion a year, and experts warn the transition to electric vehicles could accelerate rubber use.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
High-resolution maps show that rubber causes substantial deforestation
2023-11-20 (or before) in Stockholm Environment InstituteNew mapping techniques indicate that deforestation related to rubber production is at least two to three times higher than previous estimates have suggested.
Tagged under: Deforestation
‘Everything is parched’: Amazon struggles with drought amid deforestation
2023-11-06 in The GuardianBy now, the rivers should be full. But large-scale cattle farming, the climate crisis and weather events like El Niño mean Brazil is near the point of no return
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Cattle and Dairy Farming | El Niño | Brazil | Trees | Rivers
Drought turns Amazonian capital into climate dystopia
2023-10-18 in The GuardianForest fires leave Manaus with second worst air quality in the world, while low river levels cut off communities
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Forest Fires | Rivers | El Niño | South America | Brazil | Wildfires | Trees
Residents 'heartbroken' after woodland destroyed in less than 24 hours
2023-10-14 (or before) in bournemouthecho.co.ukWoodland being 'slashed and burned' has left residents shocked and angered.
Tagged under: Deforestation
Indigenous Amazonians urge Brazil to declare emergency over severe drought
2023-10-10 in The GuardianDrought and heatwave has killed fish in rivers as Indigenous umbrella group Apiam says villagers have no water, food or medicine
Tagged under: Fish | Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Brazil | Trees | Rivers
Top grain traders ‘helped scupper’ ban on soya from deforested land
2023-10-06 in The GuardianCargill and ADM led push to weaken new protections for threatened ecosystems in South America, report says
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | South America | Brazil | Trees
Action needed to make carbon offsets from forest conservation work for climate change mitigation | Science
2023-10-06 (or before) in Science | AAASMost REDD projects deliver little to no decrease in deforestation and forest degradation.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees | Climate Change Mitigation
'Could a ‘beanless' brew save coffee from climate change?'
2023-10-06 (or before) in EuronewsCoffee is causing deforestation at an ‘alarming rate’ - could a beanless brew be the solution?
Tagged under: Deforestation | Climate Change
Global Carbon Budget 2022
2023-09-28 (or before) in Earth System Science DataAbstract. Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate is critical to better understand the global carbon cycle, support the development of climate policies, and project future climate change. Here we describe and synthesize data sets and methodologies to quantify the five major components of the global carbon budget and their uncertainties. Fossil CO2 emissions (EFOS) are based on energy statistics and cement production data, while emissions from land-use change (ELUC), mainly deforestation, are based on ...
Tagged under: Deforestation | Oceans | Climate Change
Amazon’s route to deforestation
2023-09-27 in The EcologistThe reconstruction of a Brazilian highway 'could result in increased illegal logging, violence, violations of indigenous rights, and catastrophic consequences to local communities and the environment.'
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Rainforest Investigations Network
2023-09-19 (or before) in pulitzercenter.orgThe Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) harnesses investigative reporting and cross-border collaboration to expose the intersection of climate change, corruption, and governance in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia. READ THE REPORTING | HOW IT WORKS | JOIN THE NETWORK | IMPACT HOW IT WORKS Each year of the initiative, the Pulitzer Center puts out a call for applications to dedicate a whole year to investigating deforestation in the world’s three main tropical rainforest regions. In its first year, RIN selected 13 Fellows from 10 countries. In the second year, the group expanded to 19 Fellows from 12 countries...
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Climate Change | Congo | Rivers | Brazil | Trees
Nestlé supplier used Brazilian beef from seized Indigenous land
2023-09-19 (or before) in The Bureau InvestigatesAbattoir owned by meatpacking giant Marfrig is at the centre of murky supply chain that also includes McDonald’s and Burger King
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Land Use | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Brazil
Amazon. Colombian Meat With 'Zero Deforestation': 'More Marketing Than Reality' (French)
2023-09-19 (or before) in pulitzercenter.orgThis story excerpt was translated from French. To read the original story in full, visit Courrier International. You may also view the original story on the Rainforest Journalism Fund website. Our...
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest
Amazon Deforestation is Down. Here’s Why. - Legal Planet
2023-09-11 by in Legal Planet - Environmental Law and PolicyElections, new government policies at the national and sub-national level, increased law enforcement, and technological advancements have contributed to climate gains in Brazil, Ecuador and beyond.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Council set to back quarry expansion in ancient woodland
2023-09-05 in Kent OnlineA council has sparked anger from environmental campaigners by not objecting to the proposed expansion of a quarry into protected woods.
Tagged under: Deforestation
UN-backed deforestation carbon credits failing: study
2023-08-28 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyOnly a small fraction of the forest-based carbon credits that companies and governments have purchased to offset their greenhouse gas emissions actually help prevent deforestation, according to new research.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
Why planting trees to offset carbon emissions doesn't really work, according to experts
2023-08-27 (or before) in Salon.comNew research questions the environmental integrity of carbon trading, a multi-billion dollar industry
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
Rivers in the Sky: How Deforestation Is Affecting Global Water Cycles
2023-08-27 (or before) in Yale E360A growing body of evidence indicates that the continuing destruction of tropical forests is disrupting the movement of water in the atmosphere, causing major shifts in precipitation that could lead to drought in key agricultural areas in China, India, and the U.S. Midwest.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Drought | Climate Change | Rivers | Trees
In the battle to save the world’s forests, women are leading the resistance | Elif Shafak
2023-08-26 in The GuardianFrom the Akbelen forest in Turkey to northern India to Brazil, rural women are standing up against the corporate chainsaw, says novelist Elif Shafak
Tagged under: Deforestation | Brazil | Women and Children | Trees
"We are killing this ecosystem": the scientists tracking the Amazon's fading health
2023-08-25 (or before) in NatureClimate change, deforestation and other human threats are driving the rainforest towards a tipping point of sustainability. Researchers are racing to chart the Amazon’s future.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Climate Change | Health | Tipping Points | Sustainability
Carbon Offsets to Reduce Deforestation Are Significantly Overestimating Their Impact, a New Study Finds - Inside Climate News
2023-08-24 by in Inside Climate NewsCarbon offset projects claiming to curb deforestation are significantly overestimating their impact, according to a new study published in Science on Thursday. Sold as a way to lessen the impact of greenhouse gas emissions by allowing polluters or consumers to purchase offsets or credits that allow them to keep emitting in return for funding projects […]
Tagged under: Deforestation
Ecuadorians vote to halt oil drilling in biodiverse Amazonian national park
2023-08-21 in The GuardianReferendum result protecting Yasuní reserve will benefit huge range of species as well as ‘uncontacted’ Indigenous peoples
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels
Bruised Earth uncovered by new mapping product - Space Intelligence
2023-08-02 by in Home - Space IntelligenceThe combined impact of deforestation and biodiversity loss in the tropics has been laid bare by a new mapping product from Space Intelligence. The nature data specialist has combined datasets from multiple sources and applied …
Tagged under: Deforestation
Climate change: Deforestation surges despite pledges - BBC News
2023-06-27 (or before) in The BBCData shows that cutting down tropical forests increased by 10% in 2022, despite promises made at COP26.
Tagged under: COP26 | Deforestation | Climate Change | Trees
Rainforest destruction soared in 2022 despite global pledges to halt deforestation, new report finds | CNN
2023-06-27 by in CNNThe destruction of the world’s rainforests ramped up last year, despite global pledges to end deforestation by 2030, according to a new report.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Climate Change | Brazil | Health | Trees | Finance
Ecological tipping points could occur much sooner than expected, study finds
2023-06-22 in The GuardianAmazon rainforest and other ecosystems could collapse ‘very soon’, researchers warn
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Oceans | Rivers | Wildlife | Collapse | Trees | Tipping Points
The multinational companies that industrialised the Amazon rainforest
2023-06-02 in The GuardianAnalysis shows handful of corporations extract tens of billions of dollars of raw materials a year – and their commitments to restoration vary greatly
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Farming | Wildlife | Brazil | Trees
Green funds in Indonesia were spent clearing forests for biomass
2023-06-01 by in Climate Home NewsMillions of dollars in green funds were spent reviving a project by Indonesia's Medco group, which cleared rainforests in Papua.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees | Indonesia | Finance
Adverts claiming products are carbon neutral by using offsetting face UK ban
2023-05-15 in The GuardianAdvertising watchdog to begin stricter enforcement on use of terms such as ‘carbon neutral’ amid concerns over offsets
Tagged under: Deforestation
‘Don’t fool yourself’: billions more needed to protect tropical forests, warns new report
2023-04-19 in The GuardianMoney could come from carbon markets, donor countries and philanthropists, but radical action is also needed from legislators
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
UK company mining gold in Amazon on disputed land
2023-04-18 in The GuardianLondon-listed Serabi Gold extracting gold without approval of Brazilian land registry and Indigenous communities
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
UK meat industry and supermarkets including Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons 'causing illegal deforestation in the Amazon' | World News | Sky News
2023-04-14 (or before) in news-sky-com.cdn.ampproject.orgTagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest
Pacific trade deal ‘will make mockery of UK’s climate ambitions’
2023-04-03 in The GuardianCPTPP membership will result in more deforestation and endanger animal welfare, say campaigners
Tagged under: Deforestation | Economics | Wildlife | Trees
Global Emissions and Local Deforestation Are Combining to Create Dangerous Levels of Heat Stress in the Tropics
2023-03-29 (or before) in World Resources InstituteIt's not just climate change that's making the tropics hotter.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Climate Change
How serious is the EU about ending deforestation? - Transport & Environment
2023-03-28 in Transport and EnvironmentOn 29 March, the EU institutions have a last chance to save over 600,000 hectares of forests and peatlands, by agreeing on a fast phase-out of soy and palm oil in the bloc’s biofuels…
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
Biggest carbon credit certifier to replace its rainforest offsets scheme
2023-03-10 in The GuardianVerra will phase out programme by mid-2025 after Guardian investigation found it was flawed
Tagged under: Deforestation | Rainforests | Greenhouse Gases | Trees
Tropical deforestation causes large reductions in observed precipitation - Nature
2023-03-01 (or before) in NatureA pan-tropical analysis using satellite, station-based and reanalysis datasets shows that deforestation causes reduced precipitation, and demonstrates that the effect increases with spatial scale.
Tagged under: Deforestation
Scientists prove clear link between deforestation and local drop in rainfall
2023-03-01 in The GuardianStudy adds to fears Amazon is approaching tipping point after which it will not be able to generate its own rainfall
Tagged under: Deforestation | Extreme Rainfall | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Africa | Trees | Indonesia | Tipping Points
A third of companies linked to deforestation have no policy to end it
2023-02-15 in The GuardianResearch by Global Canopy also finds many companies are not monitoring set commitments
Tagged under: Deforestation | COP26 | Trees
Invisible destruction: 38% of remaining Amazon forest already degraded
2023-02-13 in MongabayWhen we speak about destruction of the Amazon, deforestation data are often the reference. Over the last few decades, it is the rates of clear cutting that are best documented, making headlines and guiding environmental protection strategies. “Historically, deforestation was the main driver of land use change in the Amazon. Between 1975 and 1985, almost […]
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Land Use | Trees
Biden-Lula meeting: The time is right for U.S. and Brazil to work together for Amazonia (commentary)
2023-02-10 in MongabayThe Amazon rainforest and its people have gone through tough times recently. For the last four years, under Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the region has experienced increasing deforestation and the dismantling of agencies intended to protect the environment and support indigenous communities. With the recent election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or “Lula,” Brazilians […]
Tagged under: Deforestation | Joe Biden | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
13 Major Companies Responsible for Deforestation | Earth.Org
2023-01-29 by in Earth.OrgBetween 1990 and 2016, the world lost 1.3 million sq km of forest. There are many, but here are 12 companies that are responsible for deforestation.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest certifier are worthless, analysis shows
2023-01-18 in The GuardianInvestigation into Verra carbon standard finds most are ‘phantom credits’ and may worsen global heating
Tagged under: Deforestation | Shell | Rainforests | Greenhouse Gases | Trees
Witness to paradise being lost: my year in the dying Amazon
2022-12-16 in The GuardianIn the past 12 months I have learned that the mass extermination of the Amazon is a climate catastrophe – and much more
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Wildfires | Trees
Calls for tougher regulations as Queensland records highest rate of land clearing in country
2022-12-16 in The GuardianConservation groups warn not enough is being done to protect ecosystems as state government data shows more than 400,000ha of land was cleared in 2019-20
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
EU agrees new law to kick deforestation out of supply chains
2022-12-09 (or before) in EURACTIVEU legislators reached an agreement in the early hours of Tuesday (6 December) to pass a new law guaranteeing that products sold in the EU are not linked to the destruction or degradation of forests.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
Canada: Ambassador tells EU that deforestation rules 'burdensome' - BBC News
2022-12-04 (or before) in The BBCThe EU regulation aims to limit the trade of products linked to deforestation worldwide.
Tagged under: Deforestation
The next Amazon? Congo Basin faces rising deforestation threat
2022-11-12 (or before) in Context NewsTagged under: Deforestation | Congo | Amazon Rainforest
Forest regeneration that earned multimillion-dollar carbon credits resulted in fewer trees, analysis finds
2022-11-06 in The GuardianExclusive: Claim by academics, including former integrity chair of Australia’s carbon credit scheme, raises further doubts about system
Tagged under: Deforestation | Greenhouse Gases | Trees
Global deforestation pledge will be missed without urgent action, say researchers
2022-10-24 in The GuardianDestruction of forests slowed in 2021 but not enough to meet 2030 commitment made by 145 countries
Tagged under: Deforestation | COP26 | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Trees
Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals
2022-10-12 in The GuardianHuge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists
Tagged under: Deforestation | Wildlife
Amazonía Against the Clock: A Regional Assessment on Where and How to Protect 80% by 2025 | Amazon Watch
2022-09-05 in Amazon WatchThe Amazon is in the midst of a tipping point crisis as deforestation and high degradation combined have already reached 26% of the region. However, preserving 80% of the Amazon by 2025 is still possible.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Tipping Points
Large parts of Amazon may never recover, major study says
2022-09-05 in www.theguardian.comSwathes of rainforest have reached tipping point, research by scientists and Indigenous organisations concludes
Tagged under: Deforestation | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees | Tipping Points
Anglo-French oil firm threatens Amazon reserve for isolated Indigenous people
2022-08-23 in The GuardianPerenco sues Peru government for repeal of law that offers recognition to proposed Napo-Tigre reserve
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Trees | France
Amazon Rainforest: Highest deforestation rate in six years - BBC News
2022-07-10 (or before) in The BBCNearly 4,000 square kilometres of land have been cleared this year, Brazil's space agency reports.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Amazon deforestation is off to the fastest start to a year since 2008
2022-07-08 in MongabayDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is off to the fastest start for the first half of any year since 2008 according to government data published today. Deforestation alert data from Brazil’s national space research institute INPE shows that 3,988 square kilometers of forest have been cleared within the Brazilian Amazon since January 1, a 17 […]
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
Cash Cow | Global Witness
2022-06-24 (or before) in Global WitnessHow beef giant JBS’s links to Amazon deforestation and human rights abuses are aided by UK, US and EU financiers, importers and supermarkets
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
Deforestation and world population sustainability: a quantitative analysis - Scientific Reports
2022-05-15 (or before) in NatureIn this paper we afford a quantitative analysis of the sustainability of current world population growth in relation to the parallel deforestation process adopting a statistical point of view. We consider a simplified model based on a stochastic growth process driven by a continuous time random walk, which depicts the technological evolution of human kind, in conjunction with a deterministic generalised logistic model for humans-forest interaction and we evaluate the probability of avoiding the self-destruction of our civilisation. Based on the current resource consumption rates and best estimate of technological rate growth our...
Tagged under: Deforestation | Collapse | Trees | Sustainability
‘Record after record’: Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits April high, nearly double previous peak
2022-05-07 in The GuardianClimate analysts are astounded by such a high reading during the rainy season, and is the third monthly record this year
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
2022-04-28 in The GuardianTropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss
Tagged under: Deforestation | Congo | COP26 | Rainforests | Brazil | Africa | Wildlife | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees | Indonesia
Global biodiversity loss from tropical deforestation | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2022-03-19 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceGlobal biodiversity loss from tropical deforestation
Tagged under: Deforestation
Brazil detects record Amazon deforestation in January and February
2022-03-11 in Los Angeles TimesSatellite alerts of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in February were the highest for that month in seven years of record-keeping.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Climate crisis: Amazon rainforest tipping point is looming, data shows
2022-03-07 in The GuardianAnalysis of satellite observations show forest is losing stability with ‘profound’ global implications
Tagged under: Deforestation | Tipping Points | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Trees
Deforestation emissions far higher than previously thought, study finds
2022-02-28 in The GuardianCarbon emissions from felling of tropical forest doubled in just two decades and are accelerating, research says
Tagged under: Deforestation | Greenhouse Gases | Trees
Lake Malawi's Fish Defy Death - While Their World Heritage Home Is Threatened | We Don't Have Time
2022-02-28 (or before) in app.wedonthavetime.orgBy Jeffrey Barbee January 27, 2022 In the shallow rocky waters below a high granite outcrop a fish lies sideways, fallen onto the sand below. Its skin the hue of a rotting corpse, the fish is unmoving, apparently dead. But looks can be deceiving. As scavenger fish approach, the play-dead fish springs into action, snapping up the would-be eaters in a flurry of motion. One of hundreds of new fish species discovered in the warm waters of Lake Malawi in the last four decades, the play-dead fish’s only home is now in danger of being destroyed. Play dead fish Nimbochromis livingstonii. Picture: Ken McKaye/allianceearth.org Lake...
Tagged under: Deforestation | Extreme Weather | Africa | Fish | Rivers | Insects | Legislation | Electricity | Health | Trees | Finance
Harmful subsidies: why is the world still funding the destruction of nature?
2022-02-17 in The GuardianGovernment-financed support in sectors including agriculture, fossil fuels and water is incentivising the annihilation of the natural world. But reforming the system is politically fraught
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels | Trees | Finance
Amazon deforestation: Record high destruction of trees in January - BBC News
2022-02-12 (or before) in The BBCAn area of trees more than seven times the size of Manhattan, New York was destroyed.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Trees
Tropical deforestation accelerates local warming and loss of safe outdoor working hours
2021-12-18 (or before) in Cell PressTropical deforestation is associated with local warming, but the extent to which this warming impacts populations across the tropics remains understudied. We examine deforestation-associated increases in heat exposure across the tropics. We find that recent tropical deforestation was associated with an increase in heat exposure for 4.9 million people, including 2.8 million outdoor workers. Furthermore, future global warming will exacerbate these impacts. These results highlight the importance of the local cooling services that tropical forests provide for populations vulnerable to climate change.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts | Trees
Impact on short-lived climate forcers increases projected warming due to deforestation
2021-12-18 (or before) in DspaceTagged under: Deforestation
Global land change from 1982 to 2016
2021-12-18 (or before) in NatureLand change is a cause and consequence of global environmental change1,2. Changes in land use and land cover considerably alter the Earth’s energy balance and biogeochemical cycles, which contributes to climate change and—in turn—affects land surface properties and the provision of ecosystem services1–4. However, quantification of global land change is lacking. Here we analyse 35 years’ worth of satellite data and provide a comprehensive record of global land-change dynamics during the period 1982–2016. We show that—contrary to the prevailing view that forest area has declined g...
Tagged under: Deforestation | Land Use | Climate Change | Trees
European Retailers Suspend Brazil Beef on Deforestation
2021-12-16 (or before) in BloombergSix European retail groups, including Sainsbury’s in the United Kingdom and Carrefour in Belgium, are restricting Brazilian beef purchases due to new findings linking cattle production to deforestation in the Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Cattle and Dairy Farming
How Your 401(k) Is Helping Destroy the Amazon Rainforest
2021-11-25 (or before) in The InterceptThe growing financialization of Brazilian agribusiness is enabling foreign investment in the industry most responsible for deforestation.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Brazil: Amazon sees worst deforestation levels in 15 years - BBC News
2021-11-19 (or before) in The BBCThe figures come after Brazil promised to end the practice by 2030 during the COP climate summit.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Readings | System Dynamics Self Study | Sloan School of Management | MIT OpenCourseWare
2021-11-18 in The GuardianThis section contains information about readings for the course. Includes information on the courses textbooks, road maps, and other readings.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Rainforests | Greenhouse Gases | Russia | Trees
Trade officials ‘taking a chainsaw’ to EU forest protection plans
2021-11-12 in The GuardianExclusive: leaked memo shows trade department raising concerns about environment colleagues’ draft law
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
Leaked EU anti-deforestation law omits fragile grasslands and wetlands
2021-09-14 in The GuardianCampaigners say draft regulation contains many loopholes, including exclusion of Cerrado and Pantanal
Tagged under: Grasslands | Wetlands | Deforestation | European Union | Trees
‘Everything is changing’: the struggle for food as Malawi’s Lake Chilwa shrinks
2021-08-30 in The GuardianThe livelihoods of 1.5 million people are at risk as the lake’s occasional dry spells occur ever more frequently
Tagged under: Deforestation | Africa | Fish | Wildlife | Sustainability
Economic Growth - Facing Future
2021-08-21 (or before) in Facing FutureInfinite Growth on a Finite Planet “Global civilization has an operating system. It is disastrously flawed. It is killing us. It is known by two common names: money and growth economics. Money is a virus of the mind which uses humanity [and nature] for its own reproduction.” – Stuart Scott, Director of the Facing Future … Continue reading "Economic Growth"
Tagged under: Deforestation | Oceans | Farming | Wildfires | Drought | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Methane | Economics | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels | Economic Growth | Sea Level | Trees | Sustainability
Study: Deforestation linked heat, dryness causing billions of losses in soy revenue in Brazil
2021-07-15 (or before) by in feednavigator.comThe destruction of ecosystems in Brazil endangers local soy agriculture: Researchers, in a new paper, have calculated that extreme heat costs losses in soy revenue, up to US$3.55bm annually due to drier conditions.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Extreme Weather | Brazil | Sustainability
Amazonia as a carbon source linked to deforestation and climate change - Nature
2021-07-14 (or before) in NatureAircraft observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and monoxide concentrations in Brazil show higher carbon emissions in eastern Amazonia than in the western part, which are linked to increased ecosystem stress and fire occurrence.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Climate Change
Amazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs
2021-07-14 in The GuardianCutting emissions more urgent than ever, say scientists, with forest producing more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year
Tagged under: Deforestation | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Greenhouse Gases | Trees
Amazon rainforest ‘will collapse if Bolsonaro remains president’
2021-07-14 in The GuardianBrazilian academics and activists issue warning amid fresh assault on environmental protections
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Amazon Rainforest | Activism | Rainforests | Brazil | Collapse
Indonesia’s biodiesel program fuels deforestation threat, report warns
2021-06-09 in MongabayJAKARTA — A new report has added to growing concerns that Indonesia’s ambitious program to increase its use of palm oil-based biodiesel will drive greater deforestation across the country. The report, by London-based nonprofit CDP, an international platform for the disclosure of environmental risks, warns of conflicting policies and lack of transparency around biofuel regulations […]
Tagged under: Deforestation | Indonesia
Deforestation reduces rainfall and agricultural revenues in the Brazilian Amazon - Nature Communications
2021-06-05 (or before) in NatureDeforestation in the Amazon region has suggested to influence precipitation in a non-linear way. Here, the authors show that forest loss is associated with decreasing precipitation after a scale-dependent threshold is crossed, which can cause stress on agriculture if deforestation is expanded.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Extreme Rainfall | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
World leaders ‘ignoring’ role of destruction of nature in causing pandemics
2021-06-04 in The GuardianEnding the destruction of nature to stop outbreaks at source is more effective and cheaper than responding to them, scientists say
Tagged under: Deforestation | Wildlife
How Pressuring Corporations Can Save the Amazon from Destruction
2021-05-27 (or before) in Yale E360As the Amazon undergoes another wave of deforestation, a blueprint for halting the runaway exploitation can be found in Southeast Asia, where pressure campaigns on companies and improved government monitoring are finally slowing the devastation caused by the palm oil industry.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest
Amazon biome hurtles toward death spiral as deforestation jumps in 2020 | Article [AMP] | Reuters
2021-05-01 (or before) in mobile-reuters-com.cdn.ampproject.orgTagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest
Joe Biden’s billions won’t stop Bolsonaro destroying the Amazon rainforest | Marina Silva and Rubens Ricupero
2021-04-22 in The GuardianMoney alone will not persuade Brazil’s government to stop deforestation, say former Brazilian environment ministers Marina Silva and Rubens Ricupero
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Joe Biden | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
‘Forests are not renewable’: the felling of Sweden’s ancient trees
2021-04-16 in The GuardianForests cover 70% of the country, but many argue the Swedish model of replacing old-growth forests with monoculture plantations is bad for biodiversity
Tagged under: Deforestation | Renewable Energy | Wildlife | Trees
UK’s native woodlands reaching crisis point, report warns
2021-04-14 in The GuardianDrive to plant more trees will count for little if existing woods are lost, says Woodland Trust
Tagged under: Deforestation | Greenhouse Gases | Wildlife | Trees
Report: 2 in 3 banks have no commitments to stop financing deforestation
2021-03-06 (or before) in Edie AwardsSome 95 of the world's largest 150 banks and investment firms have not published policies to prevent the companies they finance from destroying forests, with laggards including BlackRock and Wells Fargo.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees | Finance
How Biden could use foreign and trade policy to protect the Amazon
2021-02-19 (or before) by in News Thomson Reuters Foundation NewsTo tackle rising deforestation in the Amazon, experts urge U.S. climate diplomacy to focus on trade policies, economic incentives and new coalitions
Tagged under: Deforestation | Joe Biden | Amazon Rainforest | Coal
Human destruction of nature is 'senseless and suicidal', warns UN chief
2021-02-18 in The GuardianUN report offers bedrock for hope for broken planet, says António Guterres
Tagged under: Deforestation | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels
European public roundly rejects Brazil trade deal unless Amazon protected
2021-02-16 in MongabayAn average 75% of respondents in 12 European nations say the gigantic EU-Mercosur trade pact should not be ratified if Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil doesn’t end Amazon deforestation; EU governments are listening.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Walmart selling beef from firm linked to Amazon deforestation
2021-02-13 in The GuardianExclusive: US chains Walmart, Costco and Kroger selling Brazilian beef produced by JBS linked to destruction of Brazilian rainforest
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
Three months since Procter & Gamble’s historic shareholder vote on forests, the company has no plans to end forest destruction. | by Friends of the Earth | Medium
2021-02-07 (or before) in foe-us.medium.comThe world’s largest consumer goods company continues failing to address concerns over its deforestation and forest degradation.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
Top scientists warn of 'ghastly future of mass extinction' and climate disruption
2021-01-13 in The GuardianSobering new report says world is failing to grasp the extent of threats posed by biodiversity loss and the climate crisis
Tagged under: Deforestation | Greenhouse Gases | Wildlife | Trees
UK imported 1m tonnes of soya with deforestation risk in 2019
2020-12-01 in The GuardianNew analysis finds 40% was brought in without sourcing checks from Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay
Tagged under: Argentina | Deforestation | Farming | Brazil | Trees
Revealed: UK supermarket and fast-food chicken linked to deforestation in Brazil
2020-11-25 in The GuardianTesco, Lidl, Asda, McDonald’s and Nando’s all source chicken fed on soya from Cerrado tropical biome region
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Brazil | Trees
This is my message to the western world – your civilisation is killing life on Earth | Nemonte Nenquimo
2020-10-12 in The GuardianWe Indigenous people are fighting to save the Amazon, but the whole planet is in trouble because you do not respect it, says Indigenous campaigner Nemonte Nenquimo
Tagged under: Deforestation | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Trees
'Total destruction': why fires are tearing across South America
2020-10-09 in The GuardianWildfires, mostly caused by land clearing for cattle grazing and soya production, have set four nations ablaze
Tagged under: Argentina | Deforestation | Wildfires | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Forest Fires | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
Rampant destruction of forests ‘will unleash more pandemics’
2020-08-30 in The GuardianResearchers to tell UN that loss of biodiversity enables rapid spread of new diseases from animals to humans
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Wildlife | Trees
Tesco urged to ditch meat company over alleged links to Amazon deforestation
2020-08-05 in The GuardianResponding to Greenpeace campaign to cut links to Brazilian meat giant JBS, supermarket calls on government to ensure all UK food is deforestation-free
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Greenpeace | Activism
Physicists: 90% Chance of Human Society Collapsing Within Decades - EcoWatch
2020-08-03 in EcoWatch - For a Healthier Planet and LifeDeforestation coupled with the rampant destruction of natural resources will soon have devastating effects on the future of society as we know it, according to two theoretical physicists who study complex systems and have concluded that greed has put us on a path to irreversible collapse within the next two to four decades.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Collapse
Revealed: new evidence links Brazil meat giant JBS to Amazon deforestation
2020-07-27 in The GuardianPhotographs by employee appear to show company trucks being used to transport cattle from allegedly prohibited cattle farm
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
Make My Money Matter
2020-07-06 (or before) in Make My Money MatterWhere’s your pension invested? Tobacco or oil? Weapons or deforestation? Find out where your money's going, and demand a pension to be proud of ✊🏻
Tagged under: Deforestation
Pandemics result from destruction of nature, say UN and WHO
2020-06-17 in The GuardianExperts call for legislation and trade deals worldwide to encourage green recovery
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Wildlife | Legislation | Health | Trees
Amazon under threat: Fires, loggers and now virus - BBC News
2020-05-29 (or before) in The BBCHow the loss of the Amazon goes beyond deforestation - and what the nine countries that share this natural resource are doing to protect it.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest
Climate crisis is making world’s forests shorter and younger – study
2020-05-28 in The GuardianRising temperatures, natural disasters and deforestation taking heavy toll, say scientists
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
Brazil's Amazon: Surge in deforestation as military prepares to deploy - BBC News
2020-05-10 (or before) in BBCThe military is preparing to deploy to the region to try to stop illegal logging and mining.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
'Promiscuous treatment of nature' will lead to more pandemics – scientists
2020-05-07 in The GuardianHabitat destruction forces wildlife into human environments, where new diseases flourish
Tagged under: Deforestation | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Wildlife | Greenpeace | Trees
Brazil using coronavirus to cover up assaults on Amazon, warn activists
2020-05-06 in The GuardianFears Jair Bolsonaro’s ‘land grabbers decree’ may be pushed forwards after new rule allows land-grabbing on indigenous reserves
Tagged under: Deforestation | Activism | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Brazil to weaken environmental safeguards amid increase in deforestation
2020-04-29 in Greenpeace UK - UnearthedBrazil: Critics accuse Bolsonaro of using COVID-19 as cover to rush through amnesty for destruction and occupation of forest
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Greenpeace | Trees
Tropical forests losing their ability to absorb carbon, study finds
2020-03-04 in The GuardianAmazon could turn into source of CO2 in atmosphere by next decade, research suggests
Tagged under: Deforestation | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Trees
Humans risk living in an empty world, warns UN biodiversity chief
2020-01-20 in The GuardianAhead of the World Economic Forum, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema urges governments to take definitive action on climate, deforestation and pollution
Tagged under: Deforestation | Wildlife
Geographers find tipping point in deforestation
2020-01-08 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyUniversity of Cincinnati geography researchers have identified a tipping point for deforestation that leads to rapid forest loss.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Tipping Points | Trees
The environment in 2050: flooded cities, forced migration – and the Amazon turning to savannah
2019-12-30 in The GuardianUnless we focus on shared solutions, violent storms and devastating blazes could be the least of the world’s troubles. Civilisation itself will be at risk
Tagged under: Deforestation | Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Drought | Amazon Rainforest | IPCC | Climate Change | Geoengineering
Planting trees is only a good news story if it’s done right | Bibi van der Zee
2019-12-25 by Bibi van der Zee in The GuardianIn the fight against global warming, we’d be better off preserving natural forests than planting new monoculture plantations, says Guardian journalist Bibi van der Zee
Tagged under: Global Warming | Activism | Carbon Capture and Storage | Forests | Trees | Deforestation | Climate Change
Revealed: 'monumental' NSW bushfires have burnt 20% of Blue Mountains world heritage area
2019-12-03 in The GuardianMore than 10% of forest in NSW national parks destroyed by fire this season, with the damage to Gondwana rainforest a ‘global tragedy’
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Rainforests | Trees
Brazil’s president claims DiCaprio paid for Amazon fires
2019-11-29 in The GuardianJair Bolsonaro falsely accuses actor of funding deliberate destruction of rainforest
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Forest Fires | Trees
Earth may have already hit climate change 'tipping point' leading to catastrophic domino effect that threatens civilisation's existence | The Independent | The Independent
2019-11-28 in The IndependentScientists call for ‘urgent emergency response’ to tackle global greenhouse gas emissions
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Trees | Tipping Points
Climate emergency: world 'may have crossed tipping points’
2019-11-27 in The GuardianWarning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events
Tagged under: Deforestation | Tipping Points | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Trees
Police raid office of Brazil NGO linked to brigade that helped battle Amazon fires
2019-11-26 in The GuardianRaid and arrests were a politically-motivated attack on dedicated firefighters and a respected NGO, indigenous associations and campaigners say
Tagged under: Deforestation | Wildfires | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Meat: A Threat to Our Planet? review – guaranteed to put you off your chicken nuggets
2019-11-25 in The GuardianLiz Bonnin’s investigation of the environmental mayhem caused by mass carnivory was meaty, disquieting viewing
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Texas | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
Climate emissions from tropical forest damage 'underestimated by a factor of six'
2019-10-31 in The GuardianScientists say policymakers must better account for climate impacts of damage to forests, and benefits of conserving them
Tagged under: Deforestation | Greenhouse Gases | Trees
How deadly disease outbreaks could worsen as the climate changes
2019-10-28 (or before) by in New ScientistTagged under: Deforestation | Climate Change
Lib Dems unveil plans for environmental 'duty of care' for UK firms
2019-10-23 in The GuardianProposals could make companies liable for harm caused by overseas suppliers
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point'
2019-10-23 in The GuardianForecast suggests rainforest could stop producing enough rain to sustain itself by 2021
Tagged under: Deforestation | Tipping Points | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
Greta Thunberg: ‘We are ignoring natural climate solutions’
2019-09-19 in The GuardianFilm by Swedish activist and Guardian journalist George Monbiot says nature must be used to repair broken climate
Tagged under: Deforestation | Greta Thunberg | Activism | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Trees
Amazon fires 'extraordinarily concerning', warns UN biodiversity chief
2019-08-30 in The GuardianBiodiversity chief calls for countries to unite to halt rapid degradation of nature
Tagged under: Deforestation | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Forest Fires | Trees
Jair Bolsonaro claims NGOs behind Amazon forest fire surge – but provides no evidence
2019-08-21 in The GuardianBrazilian president claims green groups behind blazes, which have increased 84% over same period last year
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
EU moves to tackle deforestation caused by chocolate and other products
2019-07-25 in The GuardianCampaigners hail scheme to protect and restore forests around the world as ‘pivotal step’ towards ensuring goods remain untainted
Tagged under: Deforestation | European Union | Trees | Sustainability
Amazon deforestation accelerating towards unrecoverable 'tipping point'
2019-07-25 in The GuardianData confirms fears that Jair Bolsonaro’s policy encourages illegal logging in Brazil
Tagged under: Deforestation | Tipping Points | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil
Tree planting 'has mind-blowing potential' to tackle climate crisis
2019-07-04 in The GuardianResearch shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide
Tagged under: Deforestation | Greenhouse Gases | Trees
Brazil: huge rise in Amazon destruction under Bolsonaro, figures show
2019-07-03 in The GuardianPreliminary data reveals 88.4% deforestation increase compared with a year ago as critics say rightwing president has emboldened loggers and ranchers
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Trees
Revealed: rampant deforestation of Amazon driven by global greed for meat
2019-07-02 in The GuardianInvestigation exposes how Brazil’s huge beef sector continues to threaten health of world’s largest rainforest
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Health | Trees
The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history?
2019-05-30 in The GuardianThe long read: Human activity has transformed the Earth – but scientists are divided about whether this is really a turning point in geological history
Tagged under: Deforestation | Trees
An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth: Why Carbon Credits For Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing
2019-05-22 by in Pro PublicaThe hunger for these offsets is blinding us to the mounting pile of evidence that they haven't — and won't — deliver the climate benefit they promise.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Climate Change | Forests | Carbon Capture and Storage | Carbon Offsetting | Trees
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: vast expanse of rainforest lost in 2018
2019-04-25 in The GuardianPristine forests are vital for climate and wildlife but trend of losses is rising, data shows
Tagged under: Deforestation | Congo | Rainforests | Brazil | Africa | Wildlife | Trees | Indonesia
Brazil reveals highest deforestation figures in a decade as activists warn Bolsonaro will make issue worse | The Independent | The Independent
2019-01-01 (or before) in The IndependentIllegal logging and agriculture creeping into jungle land blamed for devastating rise
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Activism
Risks of 'domino effect' of tipping points greater than thought, study says
2018-12-20 in The GuardianScientists warn policymakers not to ignore links, and stress that ‘every action counts’
Tagged under: Deforestation | Tipping Points
Deforestation rises with incomes in developing economies
2017-01-30 in MongabayEconomists have for the first time shown a definitive link between rising incomes and a corresponding uptick in deforestation using satellite mapping data. For a long time, economists have assumed that this more-or-less predictable pattern exists in developing economies, but it’s been difficult to prove. “Until now, nobody had found a way of testing it […]
Tagged under: Deforestation
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