2022年10月11日 · 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 major contributor to deforestation. More than 100 countries have made a commitment to end and reverse deforestation by 2030.

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 productive soil along with the loss of biodiversity, bodies of water and vegetation also impacts human life, leading to poverty, food and water scarcity and poor health.

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 desertification that is fuelling conflict, poverty, hunger, and migration in the most vulnerable populations around the world.

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 conversion from supply chains – whether to meet voluntary net-zero and deforestation commitments, comply with emerging regulations or secure an ongoing pipeline of produce.

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 Amazon rainforest was even found to release more carbon than it sequesters, as a direct result of deforestation and climate change.

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 as “deforestation-free”, cocoa must have been produced on land that has not been subject to deforestation after 31 December 2020.

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 leather for luxury SUVs. The country’s efforts to meet international appetites comes at an environmental cost, especially when forest products are not properly accounted for ...

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 produce daily consumer goods such as soap, chocolate, car tires, etc. Total tropical forest loss equates to 60 million hectares since 2002 - an area larger than the size of France.

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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 and 2020, and EU consumption represents around 10% of global deforestation. The new law obliges companies to verify and issue a ‘due diligence’ statement that goods placed on ...