deforestation

A new law in the Environmental Bill is expected to ban UK firms from selling products which create negative impacts on rainforests during their production

Fires in California and Oregon have already emitted ‘far more carbon’ in 2020 than in any other year since 2003, according to a new report

Parliament has launched a new consultation to explore whether it should introduce new regulations to help prevent forests and other natural areas from being illegally converted into agricultural lands

The investment is part of the Partnerships for Forests programme, which aims to help farmers restore a rainforest area equal to the size of 1,680 football pitches

The World Resources Institute’s platform allows tree-growers to explain the costs of their work and funders will be able to post information about the kinds of projects they hope to finance

The grants will help to tackle deforestation, support biodiversity and reduce climate change

The National Forest scheme aims to help Wales to meet carbon targets by absorbing the greenhouse gas from the air

Advocacy group Instituto Socioambiental notes between January and October this year, more than 24,000 hectares of forest were cleared illegally within indigenous lands

The supermarket will provide financial incentives to encourage farmers in Brazil’s Cerrado forest to produce soy only on existing agricultural land

He told Bishops from across the region that they must focus on saving the rainforest and providing better services to its indigenous people