As gold prices surge, illegal mining in South America is destroying forests and polluting rivers. However, women miners in Peru are pioneering mercury-free technology that improves yields and promotes ...

HSBC has been accused of funding deforestation in one of South America’s largest forests, increasing scrutiny of the bank’s climate policy under Georges Elhedery, its new chief. The lender ...

But our hunger for this energising bean has led to vast amounts of deforestation and habitat conversion in some of the world’s most precious places, particularly in South America, the biggest soy ...

Look out for the RSPO sustainable palm oil label. There’s no way of knowing where deforestation is hiding in our food. For example, chicken may have been fed on soy grown in deforested land in South ...

He also finds time to write some of his own stories, from deforestation in the Amazon ... the ascent of leftist leaders in South America in the early 2000s, and the sharp economic contraction ...

In 2019, orbiting 500 miles above the Earth, the NOAA-20 satellite pointed its cameras at South America and captured ... can be used to stop further deforestation. Since the end of the last ...

New Global Witness research exposes industrial agriculture’s threat to Brazil’s jaguar habitat and calls for urgent regulatory action to end deforestation ahead of COP30 ...

Deforestation might feel like something that ... Rainforests like the Amazon in South America, absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, which is vital for tackling global climate change.

referred to goods that are demanded to be free of deforestation consequences. The “Global South”, is made up of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Guatemala, Indonesia ...

In addition to Brazil, the EU deal should also affect countries like Indonesia, Argentina, Ghana, and Nigeria, as the importation of these products will be prohibited if linked to deforestation ...

Brazil designated a refuge twice the size of Manhattan near the Amazonian city of Manaus in June 2024 to protect the pied tamarin, South America’s most endangered monkey. But almost one year later, ...