Deforestation 101: Everything you need to know - The World …
Twelve percent of deforestation is due to soy production, and most soy produced globally is used for animal feed. Palm oil, used in products from chocolate and cookies to potato chips, is a …
What is desertification and why is it important to understand?
2024年9月26日 · Factors including climate change, deforestation, overgrazing and unsustainable agricultural practices are increasingly turning our world’s drylands into deserts. Degradation of …
COP15 desertification: action on biodiversity and deforestation
2022年6月24日 · Themed ‘Land. Life. Legacy: From scarcity to prosperity', the conference was a call to action to reverse the catastrophic cocktail of land degradation, deforestation and …
Here's how halting deforestation can help us reach net zero
2022年5月21日 · However, deforestation and forest degradation release more than 8 gigatons of CO2 equivalent in the atmosphere each year – more than half of what it absorbs. Recently, the …
The landscape and jurisdictional approach to deforestation
2024年5月23日 · Apart from the huge risks to climate, nature and society posed by uncontrolled deforestation, it is in companies’ commercial, legal and reputational interests to eliminate …
What the new European deforestation law mean for Colombian …
2023年12月12日 · The European Union deforestation regulation (EUDR) came into force on 29 June 2023 to ensure that imported commodities, like cocoa, are deforestation free. To qualify …
Why technology without regulation won't save the forest
2022年6月20日 · Deforestation in Brazil is driven by demand and impunity. Brazil kept pace with global demand for soy, timber, and meat, and hyper-specialized industries like high-end …
Turning deforestation commitments into reality - The World …
2022年3月30日 · The stark reality is that 80% of all tropical rainforest destruction has been caused by the insatiable global demand for palm oil, pulpwood, cocoa, beef, and rubber to …
How can we prevent deforestation? | World Economic Forum
2015年5月6日 · The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and …
A smart 5-point plan to tackle deforestation - World Economic …
2022年12月20日 · The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 420 million hectares of forest — an area larger than the EU — were lost to deforestation between 1990 …