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- A deforestation guide: Everything from forests to farming | World . . .
Deforestation is the clearing of forested land with the purpose of converting it for use in another way, such as agriculture, mining or raising livestock Earth has lost more than 1 billion acres of forest to deforestation since 1990 Here’s a round-up of key facts and impacts related to deforestation
- The EU has delayed measures on deforestation-free products. But . . .
Deforestation compliance measures are essential to protecting the trees needed to curb global carbon emissions The European Union Deforestation Regulation, for example, will penalize non-compliant businesses and restrict their access to European markets Businesses can proactively use technology to ensure their supply chains are deforestation-free
- Saving the Amazon rainforest – in 10 steps | World Economic Forum
With the rainforest’s future hanging in the balance, scientists have drawn up a 10-point plan to help save the Amazon
- Heres how tracing cattle in Brazil can reduce deforestation | World . . .
Cattle ranching in Brazil historically accounts for 24% of global annual tropical deforestation and plays an outsized role in global greenhouse gas emissions
- To tackle deforestation we must focus on land use. Heres why
Stopping deforestation is crucial to cutting carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that 23% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2007-2016 came from agriculture and land-use change, approximately half of which is due to deforestation The crowning achievement of the COP26 climate conference in November 2021 was the Glasgow
- Who suffers most from deforestation? | World Economic Forum
The debate over deforestation has traditionally weighed the tradeoffs between local economic benefits and the broader ecological footprint measured in carbon emissions (Alix-Garcia et al , 2013; Foster Rosenzweig, 2003) Consequently, this framing has led to the creation of several multi-billion dollar programs under the umbrella of the United Nations known as REDD+ or Reduced Emissions from
- German forestry: This is how the country is fighting back | World . . .
What’s the World Economic Forum doing about deforestation? Halting deforestation is essential to avoiding the worst effects of global climate change The destruction of forests creates almost as much greenhouse gas emissions as global road travel, and yet it continues at an alarming rate
- Investment in reforestation is critical for Mexicos forests
This type of agriculture is boosting yields, whilst also restoring nature in Mexico Mexico's deforestation rate is one of the world's highest But Mexico suffers from one of the highest rates of deforestation on the planet With 180,000 hectares of forest lost per year and a third of its 194 million hectares of land already severely degraded
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