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Hellbender salamander dads are cannibalizing their young, and deforestation may be to blame

Deforestation is forcing hellbender salamander dads to eat their young.

LiveScience

European Union adopts law to ban products driving deforestation

The European Union has approved a law aiming to curb deforestation by prohibiting products obtained from degraded or deforested land. While some have hailed the legislation, critics point to the near-impossibility of applying the law in reality.

Radio France Internationale

Can AI help end deforestation?

From hoovering kitchens and driving cars to reading and writing, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are increasingly being used to save human's time. But can this kind of technological innovation help us save the planet?

Bangkok Post

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In meeting with big economies, Biden announces more funds to fight climate change

President Joe Biden announced plans to increase U.S. funding to help developing countries fight climate change and curb deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest during a meeting on Thursday with leaders from the world's largest economies.

Reuters

EU law bans deforestation-linked imports

BRUSSELS: The European Parliament approved a landmark deforestation law on Wednesday to ban imports into the EU of coffee, beef, soy and other commodities if they are linked to the destruction of the world’s forests.

Bangkok Post

‘Don’t fool yourself’: billions more needed to protect tropical forests, warns new report

Money could come from carbon markets, donor countries and philanthropists, but radical action is also needed from legislators

The Guardian - UK

Exposed: The links between Indonesia’s deforestation and Xinjiang

Chinese demand for Indonesian wood pulp is propping up industry ostracised elsewhere over sustainability concerns.

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Study says unregulated cocoa production behind deforestation in Côte d'Ivoire

Researchers in Belgium report that 45 percent of deforestation in Côte d'Ivoire in the past decade is the result of unregulated cocoa production.

Radio France Internationale

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rises in March

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose 14% in March from the previous year, preliminary official data showed on Friday, highlighting the continued challenges for the new leftist government.

Reuters

Lula government struggles to rein in deforestation in Brazil

Preliminary data finds deforestation in the month of March increased 14 percent over the same month last year.

Al Jazeera

Pacific trade deal ‘will make mockery of UK’s climate ambitions’

CPTPP membership will result in more deforestation and endanger animal welfare, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

After A Study Shines A Light On The Global Rubber Industry Supply Chain, The Environment And Animal Habitat Is Shown To Be At Risk

Rubber industry Sources are not being properly disclosed which is putting the endangered animals in greater harm's way

Zenger

Brazilian meat firm’s A- sustainability rating has campaigners up in arms

Environmentalists question high grade given to JBS and accuse it of deforestation in the Amazon and under-reporting emissions

The Guardian - UK

Takeaways from AP examination of Peru carbon credit program

Expert analysis and reporting by The Associated Press raises doubts about whether a program to sell carbon credits in Peru’s Cordillera Azul National Park is delivering on its promise to balance out emissions by the companies buying the credits

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‘Gone wrong’: Doubts on carbon-credit program in Peru forest

Expert analysis and reporting by The Associated Press raises doubts about whether a program to sell carbon credits in Peru's Cordillera Azul National Park is delivering on its promise to balance out emissions by the companies buying the credits

The Conversation

At chocolate time, we've discovered what the brands that score best on child labour and the environment have in common

What distinguishes a company that makes “good” chocolate (chocolate untainted by child labour, modern slavery, deforestation and the overuse of agrichemicals) from one that merely makes chocolate?

France 24

Brazil struggles to fight deforestation after Bolsonaro years

Brazilian authorities are taking aggressive action to fight deforestation. Since President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to office, he has been working to preserve rainforest land. But the task isn't easy because funding for environmental protection was cut during the presidential term of his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro. Our Science…

The Conversation

The Amazon is not safe under Brazil's new president – a roads plan could push it past its breaking point

Conservationists breathed a sigh of relief when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential election in the fall of 2022. His predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had opened large parts of the Amazon region to business by crippling enforcement of environmental laws and turning a blind eye to land grabbing. It…

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Record deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest shows challenge facing Lula

Satellites show record destruction for the month of February as new government tries to undo damage wreaked under Bolsonaro

The Guardian - UK

Biggest carbon credit certifier to replace its rainforest offsets scheme

Verra will phase out programme by mid-2025 after Guardian investigation found it was flawed

The Conversation

Rainforests pump water round the tropics – but the pulse of this heart is weakening

Tropical forests are often referred to as the “lungs of the world”, describing the way their trees exchange gases with the atmosphere. By “breathing in” carbon dioxide and “breathing out” oxygen during photosynthesis, tropical forests remove about 15% of man-made carbon emissions and help to slow climate change.

The Independent UK

Costa Rica ponders ways to sustain reforestation success

Costa Rica went from having one of the world’s highest deforestation rates in the 1980s to a nation centered on ecotourism

The Guardian - UK

Global craze for collagen linked to Brazilian deforestation

Investigation finds cases of the wellness product, hailed for its anti-ageing benefits, being derived from cattle raised on farms damaging tropical forest

Radio France Internationale

Tropical deforestation significantly reduces rainfall, study finds

New research published Wednesday shows that large-scale deforestation – from the Amazon to the forests of Africa and Southeast Asia – threatens reductions in rainfall across the tropics.

France 24

Earth’s ‘green lung’ rainforests take centre stage at talks in Gabon

The sixth annual One Planet Summit begins on Wednesday, with the fate of forests at the top of the agenda. Politicians, scientists and NGOs will meet in Libreville, Gabon, to discuss the future of rainforests in the Congo basin, Southeast Asia and the Amazon basin – and whether countries in…

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