Tag: deforestation

• Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 10:31 UTC

  Milestone Colombian ruling orders the government urgent protection of Amazon rainforest

  

  Colombia’s highest court has told the government it must take urgent action to protect its Amazon rainforest and stem rising deforestation, in what campaigners said was an historic moment that should help conserve forests and counter climate change.

• Saturday, April 28th 2012 - 03:03 UTC

  Mexico sets ground-breaking global benchmark on tacking deforestation

  

  By MP Barry Gardiner and Ignacio Pichardo (*) - Below the global radar, a major victory was secured in Mexico on Tuesday 24th April in the world-wide battle to prevent deforestation and forest degradation, which are collectively the world's second largest sources of greenhouse emissions.

• Thursday, April 26th 2012 - 06:07 UTC

  Brazilian congress approves forest bill that further threatens Amazon basin

  

  Brazil’s Lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill that weakens the country’s benchmark environmental law protecting the Amazon and other areas, a move that some fear will lead to a spike in deforestation.