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The new European Union deforestation regulations are a hot topic for food companies, but key facts remain poorly understood.
by Theresa Lieb
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The growing market for rubber is a major and overlooked cause of deforestation, and the transition to electric vehicles could accelerate rubber use.
by Fred Pearce
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Limiting land conversion is a notoriously difficult challenge that requires alignment between companies, governments, farmers and other stakeholders.
by Theresa Lieb
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Sponsored: Quantifying environmental impact in agriculture: Peer review underscores the importance of setting high scientific standards.
by Cara Mathers
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New research into Verra’s REDD+ methodology found cherry-picking and overcrediting.
by Jesse Klein
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Food companies have jumped all the way into soil carbon sequestration but there is still the question of measurement.
by Seth Olson
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A CDP report shows few companies are engaging their entire supply chains on strategies to reduce or eliminate tree cutting, with North American companies at most risk.
by Jesse Klein
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How a carbon offset project developer brings ranchers together to learn about regenerative grazing.
by Jesse Klein
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Avoided deforestation credits represent a reality that doesn’t exist. Removing them from net-zero strategies, while still funding them under a different scheme, can avoid this problem.
by Jesse Klein
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A recent landmark law agreed upon by EU member states is set to ban imports of goods linked to deforestation.
by Tom Howarth
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Sponsored: It’s no secret that composting is good for the environment, and while the process has been around for thousands of years, innovations in composting operations are creating stronger end-products that are helping to reverse climate change.
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Three ways that a bioeconomy model could become a reality in Brazil, including regeneration, local communities and more.
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Sponsored: We all depend on healthy forests — and so does our economy. Here are key lessons from a company aiming to counteract deforestation for their products.
by James McCall
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A progress report on promises around national emission-reductions targets, adaptation finance, methane emissions, deforestation and phasing out coal.
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The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) asked food, agriculture and land-use companies to commit to ending deforestation by 2025.
by Amber Rolt
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There is continued confusion over guidance on the role protecting forests should play on a company’s road to net zero.
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From the food you eat to the soil that grows it, to the cities you live in and the satellites in the sky above you, these TED talks will teach you something new about climate action.
by Holly Secon
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Nature-based solutions, such as farming practices that help farmers reduce or forgo synthetic fertilizers, could be the answer.
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Companies have been promising on deforestation for years but the results are still discouraging. How will businesses really step up?
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The Action for Sustainability Derivatives initiative brings together top palm oil buyers to map their supply chains and look for sustainability issues downstream.
by Jesse Klein
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Sponsored: The new Sustainable Forestry Initiative 2022 standards will ensure healthy forests that lead to benefits such as avoiding deforestation and fighting climate change.
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There are reasons to be both hesitant and optimistic about the COP26 deforestation pledge.
by Theresa Lieb
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An ambitious program could help companies achieve their net-zero goals in a way that also might mitigate greenwashing claims.
by Joel Makower
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Only a few years ago, Samburu women in northern Kenya were cutting down firewood in Kirisia forest and burning it to make charcoal.
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Palm oil entered the global economy in the 1500s aboard ships engaged in the transatlantic slave trade.