Tag: Amazon deforestation

Wednesday, November 6th 2024 - 17:58 UTC
Brazilian beef industry ready to fight EU deforestation law scheduled to become effective December 30

As the deadline for the implementation of the European Union anti deforestation law, scheduled for next December 30, (even when it could be delayed), the powerful Brazilian cattle and meat industry is working on the presentation of a pilot traceability and monitoring project for the supply chain to present to the EU.
Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 07:38 UTC
Fears of 'deforestation rush' in tropical rain forest if Brazilian congress passes bill to pave Amazon highway

The lower house of Brazil's Congress passed a bill that allows the paving of highway BR319, which crosses the heart of the Amazon basin and which scientists and environmentalists claim threatens the future of the world's largest tropical rainforest. The bill still has to be approved by the Senate.
Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 09:08 UTC
Food companies and grocers urge commodity suppliers to refuse soybeans from deforested areas in Brazil

Some of the world’s largest food companies and grocers urged commodity suppliers including Archer-Daniels-Midland Co, Bunge Ltd, Cargill Inc and Louis Dreyfus Co. to stop trading soybeans associated with deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region, a savanna that is a hive of biodiversity and one of the country’s most important carbon sinks.
Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:54 UTC
EU/Mercosur trade deal ratification delay: Brazil accuses France of “protectionist interests”

Brazil hit back Tuesday at European reluctance to finalize a trade deal between the EU and Mercosur blocs over concerns about Amazon deforestation, saying a French report on the issue was motivated by “protectionist interests.”
Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 07:37 UTC
Brazilian Vice President says army will be deployed to fight Amazon deforestation and fires

Brazil plans to deploy its armed forces to fight deforestation and fires in the Amazon jungle, Vice President Hamilton Mourão said on Wednesday; in an effort to protect the world’s largest rainforest where destruction has surged since last year.
Friday, January 17th 2020 - 16:11 UTC
Amazon deforestation soared 85% in twelve months of 2019, Brazil's Space Research

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85% in 2019, compared with the previous year, official data showed Tuesday. The 9,166 square kilometers cleared was the highest number in at least five years, according to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:52 UTC
Bolivia's Morales alliance with large farming interests (and Amazon deforestation) could cost him his re-re-reelection

In the tropical Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, a wealthy farming hub on the edge on the Amazon rainforest, President Evo Morales gathered with ranchers late last month to celebrate a maiden shipment of beef to China.
Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 10:04 UTC
Norwegian investment funds warn global agricultural companies linked to Amazon deforestation

The two most sizeable investors in Norway have told global companies to make sure they are not contributing to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil.
Friday, August 16th 2019 - 07:26 UTC
Norway suspends funding to curb Amazon deforestation in Brazil

Norway has suspended funding that was supporting measures to curb deforestation in Brazil after the country blocked the operations of a fund receiving the aid, the Norwegian ministry of climate and environment said on Thursday.
Wednesday, June 5th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Brazil: Amazon rainforest deforestation advancing at its fastest rate during May

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal loggers encouraged by the easing of environmental protections under President Jair Bolsonaro.