Five of Brazil’s six biomes saw deforestation shrink in 2024 compared to the previous year, as per data released Wednesday (May. 14) by MapBiomas, a network of NGOs, universities, and technology ...

Brazil saw a 32.4% decline in deforestation, with five out of six biomes experiencing reductions, MapBiomas -a network of NGOs, universities, and technology companies- reported this week. The ...

The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is top of mind, with a compliance deadline of December 30, 2024. The regulation means that only products that can prove they have not caused ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in 12 months through July President Lula's enforcement of environmental laws credited for reduction Lula pledges to end deforestation by 2030, hires 800 ...

Ultimately, deforestation risks manifest as regulatory fines, reputational damage, and costly supply chain shocks. In 2024 JBS, the world’s largest meat producer, was fined $64 million for ...

The “trend shows no sign of abating”, it added, with forests largely cleared for agriculture, notably for soya but also beef and sugar. In Indonesia, deforestation slumped between 2020-2022 ...

Significant deforestation reportedly led to the loss of about 27,000 square kilometres of forest each year between 2001 and 2016. Dense rainforests play a critical role in the water vapour cycle.