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That pledge, just like similar promises made over the years, has so far failed to do much at all. While there’s some year-to-year variation, deforestation is going up, not down.
At the time, Boris Johnson, then the UK prime minister, hailed it as a “landmark agreement to protect and restore the Earth’s forests.” But as deforestation intensifies, experts have called ...
UK imports have been linked to deforestation almost twice the size of Paris since the Environment Act was signed into law nearly two years ago, according to campaigners. Researchers from ...
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) called on the government to act with urgency as it released a 66-page report on Britain’s contribution to tackling global deforestation. The committee said the ...
Deforestation is when trees are removed to make new materials out of them, or to make space for farming or houses in the area they once grew in The UK government's efforts to tackle deforestation ...
Reacting to the European Commission’s final ‘benchmarking’ criteria for countries under its anti-deforestation law, Giulia ...
WSP’s Kristina Flexman discusses the opportunity for the UK to enhance its efforts in combating global deforestation by strengthening its regulations to protect ecosystems, support sustainable ...
The UK Government has set out further details on new due diligence rules intended to ban imports of commodities linked to illegal deforestation, while also publishing a delivery plan for achieving its ...
As seen in the graph below, during Lula's years in office, between 2004 and 2012, Amazon deforestation — which refers to cutting down or clearing trees, often replacing them with farms or cattle ...
We’ve seen fires devastating precious places like the Amazon rainforest. But what are the facts and what are the myths about the destruction of our forests? We’re here to help. While growing demand ...
UK imports have been linked to deforestation almost twice the size of Paris since the Environment Act was signed into law nearly two years ago, according to campaigners. Researchers from environmental ...