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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Deforestation-free beef is possible in the Amazon – here’s how business . . .
Transitioning to a deforestation- and conversion-free beef and leather production model with high productivity requires market-wide collaboration Pará is bringing infrastructure, financial resources, and ambition together to halt deforestation and de-risk its cattle value chain
- 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
- Delay to EU deforestation rules must help people transition
The period of delay to EU deforestation legislation can be used to assess early progress, refine the tools and build the capacity needed to implement it
- World off track to end deforestation by 2030, report finds
Deforestation increased by 4% in 2022, meaning the world is 21% off track to end deforestation by 2030 Efforts to preserve old-growth tropical forests are 33% off track, with 4 1 million hectares lost in 2022 WWF calls for tackling the systemic threats to forests, deliver the funding needed to protect and restore them, and bring national policies in line with global commitments The private
- Are forests now contributing to climate change? | World Economic Forum
Climate change, land degradation, deforestation and unsustainable land use cause some forests to emit more carbon than they absorb Increasing nature restoration and conservation efforts can reverse this global trend and lead to a “positive tipping point” for ecosystem restoration and biodiversity Governments, corporations and individuals can all take actions to maintain and increase
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