Morgan Stanley is a shareholder in two of the three largest beef producers in Brazil. The company owns 3.4% of Marfrig, the second-largest meatpacker in … Morgan Stanley is linked to deforestation in the AmazonRead more
Only 38 per cent of tropical forest is ‘wildlife friendly’ as a result of deforestation, increasing the likelihood that vulnerable species will go extinct, say … Climate change and deforestation together push tropical species towards extinctionRead more
Every half hour, the world lost a football-field chunk of tropical forest in 2018. Over the course of the year, that added up to a … Failing to save the rainforestsRead more
A team of journalists from five Latin American countries investigated how groups of timber traffickers manage to steal and process timber from the Amazon. Illegally-sourced … The last trees of the AmazonRead more
According to a new analysis, tropical forest loss currently accounts for 8 percent of the world’s annual carbon dioxide emissions. If tropical deforestation were a … Tropical deforestation now emits more CO2 than the EURead more
Recent research links the U.S. demand for furniture made in China to tree cover loss in Africa’s Congo Basin. Between 2001 and 2015, China became … US demand for Chinese furniture to deforestation in AfricaRead more
A new study calculates that, worldwide, mangroves were storing 4.19 billion metric tons of carbon in 2012, representing a 2 percent loss since 2000. It … Mangrove deforestation may be releasing more CO2 than PolandRead more
British fast food restaurants and grocery chains, including Tesco, Morrisons and McDonald’s, buy their chicken from Cargill, which feeds its poultry with imported soy, much … Amazon deforestation linked to McDonald’s and British retail giantsRead more
A recent report by conservation NGO Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) is decrying what they say is Norwegian government complicity in funding a project they allege … Is Norwegian money funding Congo deforestation?Read more
1.8 million hectares of Amazonian forests were lost between 2001 and 2015 with peaks of loss occurring in 2005, 2009 and 2014. The main causes … Peru lost more than 1 million hectares of Amazon forest over a period of 15 yearsRead more