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Weighing the green cost: How nickel mining in Indonesia impacts forests and local communities

Indonesia produced nearly four times the amount of nickel in recent years compared to a decade earlier — following the global push for a low-carbon revolution that drives the mining for the mineral essential for electric vehicles, renewable energy technologies, and stainless-steel production.

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Protected areas offer hope for Africa's vanishing forests and wildlife

Africa is home to 13 percent of the world’s biodiversity and 20 percent of its forests, making it a crucial player in global environmental health. However, deforestation, driven primarily by agriculture, continues to threaten these vital ecosystems.

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Former EU environment chief warns against backsliding on climate crisis

Virginijus Sinkevičius, a former environment commissioner, criticises bloc’s decision to delay deforestation law

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Amazon Rainforest Faces Critical Threats Amidst 2024 Challenges

Learn about the challenges faced by the Amazon rainforest in 2024, including wildfires, drought, deforestation, and Indigenous rights issues, and the urgen...

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Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024

The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024

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Climate change, health risks escalate amid surge in PoGB deforestation

The intensifying cutting of trees for firewood in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) is not only worsening the region's environmental challenges but is also contributing to a growing public health crisis. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Benedict Cumberbatch feels ‘so hot’ as executive watching forests burn in advert

The British actor plays a chief executive named Benedict Lumberjack whose company is benefitting from deforestation.

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Interpol Arrests 26 In Paraguay Deforestation Crackdown

Paraguayan authorities, with Interpol's support, crack down on illegal deforestation activities, highlighting the need for continued multi-agency cooperati...

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26 people arrested in crackdown on illegal deforestation along Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina border

Interpol says a crackdown on suspected illegal deforestation in South America has netted 26 arrests

The Independent UK

Report Reveals Inaction By Brazilian Beef Industry On Deforestation

Global Canopy report exposes lack of commitment from major beef and leather companies in Brazil to halt deforestation, urging urgent action to combat escal...

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Brazilian beef and leather companies fall short in tackling deforestation, a study finds

The next United Nations climate conference will be held in Belem, the capital of an Amazon region where widespread deforestation has turned the surrounding rainforest from a vital carbon sink into a significant carbon source

The Independent UK

Ravaged jungle: just 25% of the world’s surviving tropical rainforests are in good condition

We are now in the middle of the sixth mass extinction, caused by our emergence as a planet-shaping force. Species are going extinct far faster than the average natural rate of loss.

The Conversation

Students In Tanzania Clean Streets To Combat Deforestation

Floresta NGO in Tanzania organizes street cleaning event to promote environmental conservation and community engagement.

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EU Delays Anti-Deforestation Rules Amid Global Opposition

The European Union postpones anti-deforestation regulations by one year, facing criticism from environmental groups and concerns from major exporters. The ...

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EU pushes back deforestation law by a year after outcry from global producers

The European Union has agreed to delay by a year the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation

The Guardian - UK

Protection deal for Amazon rainforest in peril as big business turns up heat

Exclusive: With Brazil’s politicians, agribusiness organisations and global traders piling on the pressure, the highly successful 2006 Soy Moratorium is under threat

The Independent UK

Supermarkets off track to meet goal to halt deforestation from food, WWF warns

Report from environmental charity warns retailers falling behind on targets to cut nature and climate impacts of average UK shopping basket.

International Business Times

Desertification Talks Open In Saudi Arabia As Experts Fire Warning

UN talks aimed at halting the degradation and desertification of vast swathes of land start in Saudi Arabia on Monday after scientists fired a stark warning over unsustainable farming and deforestation.

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South Korean Lawmaker Calls For Investigation Into Wood Pellet Imports

South Korean lawmaker urges for halt on wood pellet imports from Indonesia due to deforestation concerns.

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South Korean politician calls for investigation of biomass energy material imported from Indonesia

A South Korean National Assembly member has called for a moratorium on wood pellet imports from Indonesia and an investigation into South Korea’s biomass use after government data and satellite analysis linked the country’s biomass imports to deforestation in Indonesia

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Brazilian States Undermine Rainforest Protections, Threaten Deforestation Goals

Brazilian states facing criticism for weakening rainforest protections, risking deforestation reduction efforts and climate commitments.

The Independent UK

Agribusiness-friendly states in Brazil try to undo forest protections

Several states in Brazil are trying to rid themselves of rainforest protections, bowing to pressures from cattle ranchers and soybean growers to cut forest and expand agriculture as much as possible

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Coffee Prices Fall as Supply Concerns Ease

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) Tuesday closed down -1.00 (-0.36%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) closed down -79 (-1.67%). Coffee prices on Tuesday posted moderate losses. Coffee prices were under pressure on some negative carryover from Monday, when supply concerns eased when the Intercontinental Exchange said it's delaying...

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Cocoa Prices Jump on West African Cocoa Crop Concerns

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +181 (+2.15%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +245 (+3.50%). Cocoa prices today are climbing, with London cocoa sharply higher at a 4-month high. Cocoa is rallying today on concern about cocoa crop production in West Africa...

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Coffee Prices Slip as Supply Concerns Ease

December arabica coffee (KCZ24 ) today is down -0.30 (-0.11%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF25 ) is down -51 (-1.08%). Coffee prices today added to Monday's losses and are moderately lower. Coffee prices have some negative carryover from Monday, when supply concerns eased when the Intercontinental Exchange said it's...

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