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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

GreenBiz

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. percent. .

Policy 539
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Poll: British public 'overwhelmingly' backs robust supply chain deforestation laws

Business Green

Demand for such products continues to grow rapidly around the world and is widely blamed for fuelling mass deforestation - both legal and illegal - in Asia, Africa, and South America, where forests are frequently cleared to make way for commodity cultivation and production.

Law 101
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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

Under the relentless sun in Africa, the birthplace of humanity, every living thing had to find a way to beat the heat. Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. That’s not ethical.” Rykaczewski said.

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Simplification and satellites: Inside Mars' zero deforestation palm oil strategy

Business Green

The names of these mills - all in South America and Asia Pacific - are public and all produce oil certified by the RSPO. Global production of the commodity has increased steadily over the past five decades to more than 70 million tonnes a year at present.

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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

AGreenLiving

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. percent. “That model doesn’t address some key elements of the world we want tomorrow.

Policy 28
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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

In 1987, while in law school at Harvard, Cole traveled to South Africa on a Harvard Human Rights Fellowship and volunteered for the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at Wits University. Luke had high moral and ethical standards and he fit right into our community,” Swan said. It gave him energy to go after the big guys.”.

Law 101