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Deforestation

  • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
    Climate change
    Brazil minister warns carbon credit buyers to beware fraud

    Environment minister Marina Silva says alleged criminal schemes in Amazon could harm reputation of credits

    Marina Silva during a news conference
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    EU trade
    EU’s use of incorrect deforestation data ‘risks blocking imports’

    Australia and Brazil dispute forest maps and urge Brussels to delay rules that could ban goods entering bloc

    Cattle on a farm in Sao Felix do Xingu, Para state, Brazil
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Special ReportAsia-Pacific Climate Leaders
    Papua New Guinea seeks to monetise its rainforests as a ‘carbon sink’

    But loggers and ‘carbon cowboys’ offer quicker returns to locals

    A man walks past felled timber in Papua New Guinea’s Morobe Province
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    US urges EU to delay deforestation law

    Ban on imports including chocolate and sanitary products will hurt American producers, says Biden administration

    Uncut lumber sits stacked in the yard at the sawmill of the Doll Lumber in Southington, Ohio
  • Saturday, 11 May, 2024
    Environment
    Strike at Brazil’s environmental agencies starts to hit key parts of economy

    Labour stoppages by 4,000 public servants disrupt wide range of industries and infrastructure

  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    Special ReportHealth and Climate Change
    Deforestation opens paths for disease spread from animals to humans

    Damage to habitats and closer contact can help multiple infections jump from wildlife

  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    Europe Express
    Was the EU’s controversial Turkey migration deal a good investment? Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: why Finland wants to cut down more trees and import less Russian wood

    Afghan migrants rest while waiting for transport by smugglers after crossing the Iran-Turkish border in August 2021
  • Friday, 8 March, 2024
    EU delays stricter rules on imports from deforested areas

    Every country to be designated as standard risk to give them more time to adapt to regulation

    Aerial view of cleared forest area in Indonesia
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
    Climate change
    Global tree-planting push threatens African grasslands, warns report

    Research highlights risks posed by pan-continental reforestation project

    A Springbok  stands under a tree on the savannah in Namibia
  • Monday, 15 January, 2024
    Climate change
    Deforestation surges in Brazil’s sensitive Cerrado region

    Surge in destruction of plant life for farming sullies country’s successes in protecting Amazon rainforest

    An aerial view of deforestation near a forest on the border between Amazonia and Cerrado
  • Friday, 29 December, 2023
    Brazil
    Brazil to launch regulated carbon market

    Activists worry that a carve-out for agriculture will limit the scheme’s environmental value

    A wheat plantation on former rainforest in Pará state, Brazil
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    Special ReportManaging Climate Change
    Why the legitimacy of carbon credits matters for African businesses

    Without working carbon markets, the ability of climate-related companies to develop affordable technologies is at risk

    Men on the road, each  on their own electric bikes
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    Special ReportManaging Climate Change
    Brazil’s focus on farms and forests to cut emissions risks setback from oil

    Success on deforestation and agricultural reforms contrasts with country’s huge expansion in hydrocarbons

    An aerial view of a deforested portion of the Amazon rainforest
  • Monday, 27 November, 2023
    Agricultural commodities
    Coffee and cocoa stored in EU warehouses at risk of destruction under new rules

    Anti-deforestation law passed in June restricts non-compliant stocks from being sold in the bloc

    Workers stack sacks of cocoa beans
  • Friday, 24 November, 2023
    Brazil to propose financing plan to protect tropical forests at COP28

    Brasília will use climate summit to push for creation of fund to reward preservation of areas such as the Amazon

    A man carries water over a dry river bed in Amazonas state, Brazil, during a drought last month
  • Monday, 13 November, 2023
    Food industry calls for more time to implement EU deforestation rules

    Producers and traders call for more details and say rules will fail to deliver environmental benefits

    This aerial view shows people walking on a deforested and burning area of the Amazon rainforest in Autazes, Brazil
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Climate change
    Amazon water levels hit record lows as drought worsens in rainforest

    Brazil’s northwestern Amazonas declares state of emergency in 50 towns and cities as low rainfall hits ecosystem

    The Santa Helena do Inglês community located on the shore of a tributary of the Rio Negro river, is seen isolated, as the region is hit by a severe drought, in Iranduba, Brazil
  • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Brazil looks for more sustainable ways to grow soya

    The crop carries a huge environmental cost. Can the world’s biggest producer clean up its act?

    Soya pours into a trailer on a Brazilian farm
  • Sunday, 8 October, 2023
    Nickel miners linked to devastation of Indonesian forests

    Rising demand for electric vehicles and the batteries that power them leads to more trees being felled

  • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
    UK retail industry
    UK retailers urge ministers to align with EU on new ‘deforestation-free’ rules

    Leading supermarkets call on government to speed up legislation or put exports at risk

    A palm oil plantation in Indonesia
  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    Carbon offset
    Carbon offsets: giving sustainable forestry a green light Premium content

    At the margin, there are opportunities, but the price of carbon credits needs to rise

    Commercial forests are not as pretty as broad-leaf forever forests, but more financially attractive
  • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
    EU deforestation rules risk ‘catastrophic’ impact on global trade, says ITC chief

    Head of International Trade Centre warns move favours big companies that can trace where their produce was grown

    Land cleared for palm oil production in Indonesia
  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    Amazon nations fail to agree deforestation target

    Brazilian president had aimed to persuade neighbours to agree to halt illegal destruction of forests by 2030

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
    Climate change
    Brazil to launch ‘most ambitious’ green transition package

    Investors welcome bold environmentalist programme from leftwing president

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with indigenous women on a stage
  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    InterviewColombia
    Petro courts foreign investors to fulfil Colombia’s ‘potential’ beyond oil

    President’s agenda stutters, with markets betting that leftist leader lacks support to implement radical reforms

    Gustavo Petro
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