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"'Green' diesel producer's supplier linked to Amazon deforestation"
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‘Green’ diesel producer's supplier linked to Amazon deforestation
A U.S. renewable diesel refiner purchased tallow from slaughterhouses supplied by ranches fined for illegal clearing of Brazilian forests.

"Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law"
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"Deforestation in the Philippines may have caused infertile hybrids of endemic frogs, study finds"
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Deforestation in the Philippines may have caused infertile hybrids of endemic frogs, study finds
In 1996, when herpetologist Rafe Brown accompanied a few biologists to the Philippine island of Mindanao to study frogs, they heard a cacophony near their campsite. In a puddle that skirted the forest, hundreds of chubby frogs with big, bright eyes had gathered, looking for mates to breed with. Brown said he remembers hearing two […]

"Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots"
#Myanmar #Trees #Environment

Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots
Myanmar’s Kachin state, near the border with China, is a global hub for rare earth minerals. But the dearth of regulations over mining these resources has come at a steep cost to the area’s subtropical and moist forests, according to researchers and satellite imagery collected by Mongabay. Civil society sources in the region, who requested […]

La déforestation tue, et pas qu'un peu :
"La déforestation a tué plus d'un demi-million de personnes sous les tropiques au cours des deux dernières décennies en raison de maladies liées Š la chaleur."
#deforestation #santé

"Meat giant profits from carbon market without halting deforestation"
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Meat giant profits from carbon market without halting deforestation
Since the first scientific critiques of fossil fuels, oil companies have gone from being the “wealth of nations” to “destroyers of the planet.” In financial market terms, they have become environmental liabilities. It cannot be said, however, that they have also become economic liabilities. The global carbon credit market is heating up — quite like […]

"Warming due to tropical deforestation linked to 28,000 ‘excess’ deaths per year"
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Warming due to tropical deforestation linked to 28,000 ‘excess’ deaths per year - Carbon Brief
Warming driven by deforestation caused an extra 28,000 heat-related deaths per year across Africa, South America and Asia over 2001-20, new research finds.