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Cargill's bid to open new port in Brazil opposed by human rights, conservation groups

As one of the most powerful commodity traders in Brazil, Cargill Inc. has worked to expand its business while fending off criticism that it's enabling the destruction of Amazon forests and savanna for soy farms.

Tribune News Service

Tobacco industry causing huge environmental damage, WHO warns

WHO accuses industry of causing widespread deforestation, pollution and emitting millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Al Jazeera

Big Tobacco's Environmental Impact is 'Devastating', Says WHO

The tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realize as it is one of the world's biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to driving global warming, the WHO charged Tuesday. The World Health Organization accused the industry of causing widespread deforestation, diverting badly needed land and water…

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Sponsors of Queen's Jubilee tree planting scheme linked to deforestation

A TREE planting project to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee has been sponsored by companies with links to deforestation, according to…

The National (Scotland)

Tobacco's environmental threat

Tobacco kills our environment, not just people. Tobacco causes over 8 million deaths every year globally and 81,000 in Thailand. Simultaneously, each year, tobacco destroys a vast landmass roughly the size of 44,000 Suan Luang Rama IX parks, the largest green park in Bangkok, causes massive deforestation and pollutes our…

Bangkok Post

Queen’s jubilee tree planting sponsors ‘linked to deforestation’

Queen’s Green Canopy scheme’s ‘platinum supporters’ include firms that have been connected to environmental harm, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Brazil president announces carbon market, thin on details

Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has announced the creation of a carbon market in Brazil but it is voluntary and the announcement is thin on the kind of details that make for a robust trading forum

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How can Indonesia improve REDD+ to stop deforestation?

Indonesia is home to the world’s third-largest tropical forest area and since 2009 has operated a forest-based climate action project developed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The Conversation

Australia’s climate data to UN questioned as study finds land clearing in Queensland underreported

If national emissions data is incorrect then Australia less likely to be on track to meet Coalition’s target of a 26-28% cut by 2030

The Guardian - AU

How climate change is triggering a global collapse in insect numbers

A growing number of reports are suggesting insect numbers are in steep decline. Tim Newbold and Charlie Outhwaite explain why this is of urgent concern

The Independent UK

Imminent Extinction:Two Newly Discovered Species Of Amazonian Fish Are Threatened By Deforestation

Two newly discovered species of Amazonian fish are facing imminent extinction due to deforestation, warns a new study.

Zenger

How climate change is triggering a global collapse in insect numbers

A growing number of reports are suggesting insect numbers are in steep decline. Tim Newbold and Charlie Outhwaite explain why this is of urgent concern

The Independent UK

A one-man rescue mission for wild orchids in Assam

After years of rescuing wild orchids from fires, deforestation and construction, Mithu Gogoi has a garden where 9,000 burst into bloom every spring

The Hindu

Consuming ‘Faux Beef’ Could Reduce Global Warming, New Study

Gradually replacing 20 percent of global beef and lamb consumption with meat-textured proteins also known as ‘Faux Beef’ could cut agriculture-related CO2 emissions and deforestation in half by 2050, a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reported. Faux meat derived by culturing microbial or fungi-based…

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The Independent UK

Brazilian groups want direct access to U.S. forest funding

Brazilian environmental and Indigenous organizations are urging the United States to fund forest protection initiatives that directly involve forest peoples

The Independent UK

Deforestation of Amazon in Brazil surges to record new high

‘To say we’ll miss it when it’s gone, is like saying we’ll miss our lungs when they’re gone’

The Independent UK

Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits record for month of April

Deforestation detected in the Brazilian Amazon reached a record high for the month of April

Reuters

Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits April record, nearly double previous peak

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon surged to record levels for the month of April, nearly doubling the area of forest removed in that month last year -- the previous April record -- preliminary government data showed on Friday, alarming environmental campaigners.

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The Guardian - UK

Swapping 20% of beef for microbial protein ‘could halve deforestation’

Move would also lower emissions by reducing razing of trees and methane emissions from livestock, scientists say

Al Jazeera

Blow for rare Sumatran tigers as three killed in wild boar traps

Experts say deforestation and poaching pose enormous challenge to survival of Indonesia’s last remaining tiger species.

Axios

Tropical forest loss in 2021 emitted as much CO2 as India

The world is perilously far off deforestation goals, an exhaustive report finds.

The Guardian - UK

‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge

Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe's tobacco rebounds amid worries over health, labor

Zimbabwe, Africa’s biggest tobacco grower, has opened its selling season for the crop amid pledges to fight deforestation and child labor in response to pressure from rights groups, environmentalists and international buyers

The Guardian - AU

Google doodle marks Earth Day 2022 with stark images of climate crisis

Time-lapse satellite images show glacial retreat at Mount Kilimanjaro, Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching, deforestation in Germany and Greenland glacial melt

LiveScience

Deforestation: Facts about the widespread destruction of Earth's forests

Deforestation can include clearing the land for farming or livestock, or using the timber for fuel, construction or manufacturing.

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