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- Deforestation 101: Everything you need to know - The World Economic Forum
Deforestation is also caused by the use of slash and burn techniques and other methods to make way for the expansion of infrastructure Infrastructure expansion occurs for many reasons, such as when urban sprawl leads to forests being encroached upon by cities; when people flee urban areas in order to build in more rural, forested settings; to
- The EU has delayed measures on deforestation-free products. But . . .
Deforestation compliance measures are essential to protecting the trees needed to curb global carbon emissions The European Union Deforestation Regulation, for example, will penalize non-compliant businesses and restrict their access to European markets Businesses can proactively use technology to ensure their supply chains are deforestation
- World off track to end deforestation by 2030, report finds
Yet deforestation increased by 4% worldwide in 2022 compared with 2021, as some 66,000 square kilometers (25,000 square miles) were destroyed, the annual Forest Declaration Assessment report said That means the world is 21% off track to end deforestation by 2030
- To tackle deforestation we must focus on land use. Heres why
Stopping deforestation is crucial to cutting carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that 23% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2007-2016 came from agriculture and land-use change, approximately half of which is due to deforestation
- Deforestation-free beef is possible in the Amazon - The World Economic . . .
Transitioning to a deforestation- and conversion-free beef and leather production model with high productivity requires market-wide collaboration Pará is bringing infrastructure, financial resources, and ambition together to halt deforestation and de-risk its cattle value chain
- Conserving and restoring forests for a food-secure future
Deforestation is thus a threat to global food supply chains Agroforestry – a key restoration measure – integrates trees into farming landscapes By improving soil fertility, water retention and carbon sequestration, agroforestry helps farmers increase yields while restoring degraded lands
- Heres how tracing cattle in Brazil can reduce deforestation | World . . .
About 40% of all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon since 2001 has occurred in the state of Pará – with cattle ranching being by far the biggest driver of forest clearance Under the programme, all cattle from 295,000 farms will be tagged – across an area larger than France, Spain and Norway combined
- The landscape and jurisdictional approach to deforestation
Apart from the huge risks to climate, nature and society posed by uncontrolled deforestation, it is in companies’ commercial, legal and reputational interests to eliminate conversion from supply chains – whether to meet voluntary net-zero and deforestation commitments, comply with emerging regulations or secure an ongoing pipeline of produce
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