Tag: Deforestation
EU will not delay adoption of law against deforestation
Published on 04/08/2024 at 5:16 p.m. by Ange Aboa OFFOUMPO, Ivory Coast, April 8 (Reuters) – The European Union does not plan…
EU will not delay adoption of law against deforestation
Published on 04/08/2024 at 7:04 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters by Ange Aboa OFFOUMPO, Ivory Coast…
New report – Rainforest deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to decline – News
New report – Rainforest deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to decline – News – SRF Skip to content Some elements on SRF.ch only work with JavaScript activated. News International…
Deforestation-free food – EU bans deforestation – Swiss companies are under pressure – News
From 2025, a new EU law will require that products such as chocolate, coffee and frozen pizza do not contain any raw materials for which forests were cut down. The…
Brazil: Deforestation in the Amazon halved in 2023
Published on 01/12/2024 at 11:24 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Deforestation operations in…
complaint against four French companies for supporting deforestation
The Sherpa association filed a complaint on Wednesday against Paribas, Crédit Agricole, BPCE and Axa, for “money laundering and receiving stolen goods” in connection with their support for companies responsible…
Gathered in Brazil, the Amazon countries create an alliance against deforestation
Brazilian President Lula speaks during a meeting of the eight member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, in Belem, Brazil, in a photo released August 8 by the Brazilian…
From the Amazon to Europe, the Brazilian beef industry continues to export meat linked to deforestation
Cattle grazing on a ranch inside the Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve, Brazil, in October 2019. JOAO LAET / THE GUARDIAN JBS, Marfrig and Minerva: these names mean…
EU votes to end imports of deforestation products
Aerial view of a deforested area in Manicoré, September 22, 2022 in the Amazon (AFP/Archives/MICHAEL DANTAS) Chocolate, coffee, wood or even rubber: importers wishing to sell these products in the…
New complaint against BNP Paribas, accused of financing deforestation in Brazil
Several NGOs have filed a complaint against the French bank BNP Paribas accusing it of financing a Brazilian agribusiness giant, which they accuse of contributing to deforestation, the grabbing of…
Carbon credits, a controversial tool to fight against deforestation
Tourists visit a farm whose plantations offset the carbon footprint of its visitors, in Heredia (Costa Rica) on October 28, 2020 (AFP/Archives/Ezequiel BECERRA) Planting trees or protecting or even developing…
More than 200 km2 of Amazonian forest destroyed in one month, new deforestation record
This area is equivalent to more than 29,000 football pitches. The election of Lula as president of Brazil has so far apparently done nothing: deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has…