Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Today, we are excited to share more information on what the NICFI Satellite Data Program’s General Partners are doing with the additional Scenes-level data for the fight against deforestation. For further information: [link].

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Over £300bn of UK pension money is invested in companies and financial institutions with high deforestation risk, research published today claims. Delivering on those targets depends on portfolios being deforestation-free. Without this, there is no net zero.".

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2021

However, the planet is experiencing a great loss of biodiversity due to overfishing, deforestation and pollution. As a global beverage company that relies on water, protecting the healthy biodiverse environment that nurtures water has been at the center of Suntory’s work over the past several decades. Read more about reforestation. ].

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Since precision farming also focuses on improving resource use and minimizing the harmful impact of agriculture on the environment, we see how the industry is transforming via the adoption of related technologies,” notes Rim Elijah , VP of Sales at EOSDA. A National Forest Law prohibits lumbering in these areas adopted at the end of 2007.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

If you’re at all conscious of your impact on the environment, that might have given you pause for thought. Toilet Paper’s Role in Deforestation. Despite our general acknowledgment of this fact and recent movement by some governments towards more sustainable practices, harmful deforestation on a mammoth scale continues to this day.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The government needs to dramatically step up efforts to reverse biodiversity loss, and trading or investing in commodities that drive deforestation should be made illegal, MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) have demanded today. This should include moving to deforestation-free supply chains.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Nordea Asset Management, which manages roughly $280 billion, gave several reasons for the decision, including JBS’s links to farms involved in Amazon deforestation. . Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The NICFI Satellite Data Program continues to serve a diverse community of users that are putting high-resolution satellite imagery to work in helping fight deforestation and combat climate change. Satelligence is a recognized leader in deforestation monitoring. Source: Palm Oil Related Deforestation Keeps Slowing in Indonesia in 2022.

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 20, 2020

Scientists have been warning for several years that deforestation is creating an accidental laboratory for the emergence of new viruses in environments that have been altered by humans.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

Many of us are becoming more eco-conscious about the different decisions we make allowing us to become friendlier towards the environment. They’re known for environmental consulting in general, but they also love understanding the extent of varying impacts on the environment and working towards sustainability goals.

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Planet Pulse

MARCH 22, 2021

Decoupling deforestation from commodities production is critical to climate and sustainability solutions. Today, over two-thirds of tropical deforestation occurs due to the production of just four commodities : cattle, soy, palm oil, and pulp and timber. Take AidEnvironment’s work in mapping deforestation and finance , for example.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In the agricultural commodities sector, companies must commit to adopting climate-smart approaches at scale, both on and off-farm, including the elimination of deforestation from supply chains. Current trends point to significant GHG emission increases. Pushing for sectoral targets.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Environment Secretary Steve Barclay defends UK's record on nature protection at COP28, as Defra confirms list of commodities targeted by proposed rules to combat deforestation in supply chains

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A climate and environment risk platform designed for the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), STRATA, has been developed in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, and is powered by Earth Blox’s technology.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 29, 2020

The queer appearance of the environment where you are in danger, no longer protected from natural barriers. The conservation of the natural environment , marine, wildlife is not a necessity but our duty. According to my recent R&D, I found many interesting stories about the environment. A few of them are listed below.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2020

Government unveils proposals designed to help curb deforestation linked to demand for forest-related products from UK consumers. Businesses that fail to comply would be subject to fines, with levels to be set at a later date, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said. "We

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

WWF calls on government to set legally-binding target to eradicate both legal and illegal deforestation from UK supply chains. Our poll shows an overwhelming majority of people in the UK want to stop the things they buy and the food they eat from causing deforestation overseas, and the UK government has a duty to respond.".

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Concerns about the environment are taking a backseat to worries about basic needs — our health and our economy (at both the macro and personal level). But that doesn’t mean we’re not at all worried about the environment. I’ve written quite a bit lately about how Americans are experiencing a "Maslow moment" right now.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Thare’s no denying – we’re fully responsible for the damage done to our environment. Promoting sustainable agriculture The agricultural sector is a contributor to a rise in greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and water pollution. This is where governments need to put the environment at the centre.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 19, 2021

Humanity has greatly affected the environment since ancient times and continues to do so. Make your environment aware of this as well. The use of fossil fuels in animal husbandry is also an important problem for the environment. So let’s take a look together. What is Global Warming? Buy shopping bags that you can reuse.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 17, 2022

There are many different markets that use recycling as a foundation, thereby minimizing the harm done to the environment – and preloved items can be found in this category. The post Ways You Can Save Money and the Environment appeared first on The Environmental Blog. This is even more apparent when it comes to furniture and clothing.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you’re concerned about the environment, you’ve probably thought about sustainable timber harvesting. While it’s true that harvesting timber can have negative impacts on the environment through deforestation, logging roads, and pollution, there are plenty of ways to harvest timber in a sustainable […].

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

But there is evidence that parts of the Amazon are drying out as a result of climate change and deforestation,” says Arie Staal, co-author and Assistant Professor at the Copernicus Institute at Utrecht University. “Take the Amazon rainforest, for example. It depends on soil moisture for its survival.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Firms including Tesco, Nestle and Waitrose want UK government proposals expanded to encompass all deforestation, not just that defined as illegal. Recent decades have seen deforestation become a major global driver of climate change and biodiversity loss, particularly in tropical regions. World Bank statistics suggest 1.3

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Business Green

JULY 31, 2021

The global meat industry is once again under fire over its links to rainforest destruction, with a major investigation today revealing that beef supplied by companies linked to illegal deforestation in Brazil may have ended up on the shelves of several leading British supermarkets, and even in food products supplied to the NHS.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

To reduce deforestation, we must get serious about environmental crime. Why placing environment, social and governance principles at the center of COVID-19 recovery places makes sense for resilience and the bottom line. Deforestation. Episode 236: Banking for the planet and behind the scenes of Generation Green New Deal.

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 21, 2023

Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador has used the data to validate deforestation patches in protected areas, thus helping local environmental authorities enforce against illegal deforestation. Instituto Nacional de Bosques in Guatemala is leveraging the data to monitor incentive programs for sustainable forestry.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 17, 2024

It is worth noting that the Eligibility List excludes renewable energy projects (with a few exceptions) and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD/REDD+) projects or programmes in High Forest cover, Low Deforestation (HFLD) countries.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 28, 2021

Saving the environment is a popular topic these days. Air pollution, global warming, water pollution and deforestation are all major concerns. It may seem like there is nothing individual people can do to help protect the environment, but this is… Read More 9 Ways That Your Family Can Help Save the Environment.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2023

Van der Hoeven describes how the Sinai desert once contained a lush lagoon – protected by mountains – which supplied the surrounding area with water, but that thousands of years of erosion and deforestation has destroyed this water source, leaving Sinai nearly desertified.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For over three billion years, lifeforms have helped shape their own environment. As you know, one species – ours – is exceptionally good at changing our environment to suit us. Earth’s energy balance (commonly known as the climate) and its interactions with trillions of species is the main determinant of environmental conditions.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

RSBP and WWF urge government to capitalise on post-Brexit trade deals as well as the Agriculture and Environment Bills to cut deforestation from the UK’s supply chains. We can only truly improve UK environmental standards if we stop importing food that causes deforestation elsewhere," said Tanya Steele, chief executive at WWF.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

All project deliverables will be made publicly available to enable the global community of researchers to innovate together and build on each other’s work to help address the global challenges of deforestation and climate change. To learn more about the NICFI Satellite Data Program, click here.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Private Members Bill, if passed, would establish the UK’s first law mandating business due diligence on human rights and the environment. Reflecting this change in expectations, the UK’s Environment Secretary announced new measures on 9 December 2023, under the Environment Act. By Paul A. Davies , Michael D.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Loopholes in the Environment Bill must be closed if the UK is to take responsibility for its global footprint, argues Kerry McCarthy MP. One of the most devastating aspects of our overseas footprint is UK investment and trade linked to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. The climate and nature emergency is a truly global crisis.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Two new reports today warn urgent is needed to eliminate deforestation arising from surging demand for soy. Collectively, the 22 traders wield enough power to trigger large-scale, transformative change across the soy industry, WWF said, yet too little is being done to curtail soy-linked deforestation. per cent.

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Grist

APRIL 29, 2022

and Russia — have experienced tremendous losses due to wildfires, 96 percent of tropical forest loss is due to human-caused deforestation. Because the palm oil industry drives so much of Indonesia’s tropical deforestation, those crackdowns have been highly effective at reducing the country’s forest losses in recent years.

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