Grist

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Thousands of acres of forest, and the carbon-dense peat soils beneath, have gone up in flames, clearing the way for rows of oil palm trees. For decades, governments of Southeast Asia gave agricultural companies the rights to develop vast swathes of forest, and those companies turned wilderness into plantations as fast as they could.

Energy Monitor 143

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Asia 143

DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production. The latest protein supply figures from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for 2013 recorded average protein consumption of 69.1g

Agriculture 89

Agriculture Climate change Methane Soil 89

Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

It is nothing short of a crisis, and the blame can be placed on the changes in land and sea use, direct exploitation of organisms, pollution, invasive alien species, and climate change that is caused by human activity. The frustrating thing for us is there is no need for this deforestation or climate pollution. There are 1.6

Biodiversity 89

Biodiversity Carbon-negative Politics Agriculture 89