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					<title>Companies banking on tech and collaboration to comply with EUDR</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/companies-banking-on-tech-and-collaboration-to-comply-with-eudr/</link>
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					<pubDate>31 Dec 2024 10:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Sarah Brown]]>
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						<![CDATA[Alexandra Popescu]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Food systems]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Blockchain, Cacao, Commodity agriculture, Conservation, Conservation Technology, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, data, Deforestation, Environment, EUDR, Forests, Mapping, Monitoring, Palm Oil, Pulp And Paper, Rainforests, Remote Sensing, Satellite Imagery, Soy, Supply Chain, Technology, Tropical Deforestation, and Wildtech]]>
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							<![CDATA[The EU Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, will require companies importing certain products into the European Union to trace the origins of these products all the way back up the supply chain to prove that they’re not associated with deforestation. It takes effect at the end of 2025, presenting companies with major logistical challenges, including issues [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The EU Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, will require companies importing certain products into the European Union to trace the origins of these products all the way back up the supply chain to prove that they’re not associated with deforestation. It takes effect at the end of 2025, presenting companies with major logistical challenges, including issues of accurate reporting across multiple countries, compliance with local laws, and ensuring small farmers remain a part of global supply chains. That’s led businesses to turn to technological solutions for help complying ahead of the deadline. Originally scheduled to take effect this month, the EUDR was postponed by a year over concerns that many businesses weren’t ready. Representing a significant step in the EU&#8217;s efforts to curb climate change through supply chain accountability, the EUDR targets products that use soy, coffee, palm oil, cocoa, timber, rubber and beef — all commodities that have historically contributed to deforestation in the countries in which they’re produced. Products associated with deforestation or irregular land conversion after a cutoff date of Dec. 31, 2020, will be barred from import into the EU. Brazil’s AMACRO region, the triple border between the states of Amazonas, Acre, and Rondônia, have long been the target of deforestation, invasion of public lands, mining, burning, and logging. Image © Bruno Kelly/Greenpeace. But tracing each product’s journey from farm to factory to consumer requires accurate data reporting and strong relationships with suppliers at every stage of the supply chain: a daunting task for companies with thousands&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/companies-banking-on-tech-and-collaboration-to-comply-with-eudr/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Could the Blockchain help save the Amazon? (commentary)</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/could-the-blockchain-help-save-the-amazon/</link>
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					<pubDate>22 Dec 2021 13:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Sophia Wood]]>
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						<![CDATA[Rhett Butler]]>
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							<![CDATA[Amazon, Latin America, and South America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Blockchain, Business, Commentary, Conservation, Conservation Finance, Forests, Rainforests, Technology, and Wildtech]]>
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							<![CDATA[As of July 2021, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose 22% over the previous year. High levels of deforestation across the entire Amazon region are bringing the rainforest to a tipping point, with a potentially devastating effect on biodiversity, Indigenous livelihoods, climate change, and global water cycles. The cause of deforestation in the Amazon is [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[As of July 2021, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose 22% over the previous year. High levels of deforestation across the entire Amazon region are bringing the rainforest to a tipping point, with a potentially devastating effect on biodiversity, Indigenous livelihoods, climate change, and global water cycles. The cause of deforestation in the Amazon is multi-faceted, but it comes down to a single issue: many governments, businesses, and stakeholders on the ground believe the Amazon Rainforest is currently considered to be worth more cut down than preserved and standing. Despite numerous NGOs, Indigenous communities, and advocacy groups fighting to protect the forest, there are not currently sufficient financial incentives or capital flows to flip this narrative. However, new technologies like Web3 and the blockchain, which enables rapid and transparent sharing of information and funds across borders &#8211; with no government interference &#8211; may offer a breakthrough in backing financial incentives across the whole region that would encourage and enforce forest protection. What is blockchain technology? The blockchain is a relatively new technology best known for its role as the backbone of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. As a result, its use has remained isolated to a select few people passionate about cryptocurrencies and their technology, with minimal clear applications in the daily lives of most people. However, investors and entrepreneurs are only beginning to explore the potential applications of blockchain technology in other fields. In its simplest sense, the blockchain is a distributed database spread across many computers and networks&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/could-the-blockchain-help-save-the-amazon/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-250992</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Investing in Amazon Rainforest Conservation: A Foreigner’s Perspective (commentary)</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/investing-in-amazon-rainforest-conservation/</link>
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					<pubDate>21 Apr 2020 08:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jonah Wittkamper]]>
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						<![CDATA[Rhett Butler]]>
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							<![CDATA[Amazon, Brazil, Latin America, and South America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Blockchain, carbon, Carbon Credits, Carbon Offsets, climate finance, Commentary, Conservation, Conservation Finance, Deforestation, Drivers Of Deforestation, Ecosystem Services, Environment, Environmental Services, Forests, Governance, Indigenous Peoples, Jurisdictional Approaches, Payments For Ecosystem Services, Politics, Precipitation, Protected Areas, Rainforests, Redd, Sustainability, and Tropical Forests]]>
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							<![CDATA[Last December, I flew to Brazil to learn everything I could about Amazon conservation.  As a global citizen, I wanted to understand more about deforestation and how I can help. I stayed for two months and met with government officials, NGOs, private sector entrepreneurs, philanthropists and other important stakeholders.  I was given some privileged access [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Last December, I flew to Brazil to learn everything I could about Amazon conservation.  As a global citizen, I wanted to understand more about deforestation and how I can help. I stayed for two months and met with government officials, NGOs, private sector entrepreneurs, philanthropists and other important stakeholders.  I was given some privileged access and came home with hope and a vision for how the international community can help develop a sustainable Amazon rainforest in ways that were never possible before. I wrote this report to help guide investors and philanthropists on their learning journeys and have included many links to help readers do further research and background reading. Mist rising from the Amazon rainforest at dawn. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay. Global Context Many scientists assert that the Amazon rainforest is the center of the global water cycle, helping to propagate rainfall and other climate patterns globally. In recent years, studies have shown that excessive Amazon deforestation disrupts rain patterns in the US and elsewhere. In 2019, for the first time in history there were unprecedented droughts and wildfires in the Arctic and Australia as well as South America and elsewhere.  The Amazon may be at a tipping point, the global water cycle may be at risk, and the global community is taking notice. According to Script Finance, while rainforests give $4 trillion in value of ecosystem services to the global economy, over $941 billion of annual turnover is at risk due to dependency on commodities&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/investing-in-amazon-rainforest-conservation/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>How blockchain gaming could benefit wildlife conservation</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/how-blockchain-gaming-could-benefit-wildlife-conservation/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/how-blockchain-gaming-could-benefit-wildlife-conservation/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>10 Jul 2018 21:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Rhett Ayers Butler]]>
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						<![CDATA[Rhett Butler]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Blockchain, Environment, Herps, Interviews, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Technology, and Wildtech]]>
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							<![CDATA[Blockchain has been one of the hottest sectors in tech over the past couple of years, with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum soaring in value as they captured the public&#8217;s attention. But blockchain has applications well beyond underpinning cryptocurrencies, including gaming and art. On that latter front, a new initiative aims to raise money and [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Blockchain has been one of the hottest sectors in tech over the past couple of years, with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum soaring in value as they captured the public&#8217;s attention. But blockchain has applications well beyond underpinning cryptocurrencies, including gaming and art. On that latter front, a new initiative aims to raise money and awareness for conservation by leveraging the popularity of CryptoKitties, one of the world’s first blockchain games. A CryptoKitty is effectively a digital collectible &#8212; a piece of electronic art that is unique, tradable, and can be &#8220;bred&#8221; to produce more CryptoKitties. While the concept may seem abstract to the uninitiated, there is currently a market for CryptoKitties &#8212; in May, one Kitty sold for $140,000 at auction. More than $20 million in CryptoKitties have been transacted to date. Seeking to capitalize on this interest, Axiom Zen, the company behind CryptoKitties, has just created &#8220;Honu&#8220;, a sea turtle-inspired CryptoKitty, in partnership with NGOs Ocean Elders and ACTAI Global. On Monday, Axiom Zen and the two groups put Honu up for auction, aiming to raise money for sea turtle conservation efforts in the Caribbean by supporting the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in Antigua and Barbuda and Unite BVI. The bid stood at $25,000 as of 6 pm Pacific time on July 10th. If the pilot proves successful, the idea could be expanded says Axiom Zen&#8217;s Cassidy Robertson, who spoke to Mongabay about how blockchain games could help conservation efforts. AN INTERVIEW WITH CASSIDY ROBERTSON Mongabay: What is&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/how-blockchain-gaming-could-benefit-wildlife-conservation/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-208187</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Can cryptocurrencies save Indonesia’s carbon forests? (commentary)</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/can-cryptocurrencies-save-indonesias-carbon-forests-commentary/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/can-cryptocurrencies-save-indonesias-carbon-forests-commentary/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>04 Jun 2018 11:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Peter Howson]]>
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						<![CDATA[Mike Gaworecki]]>
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							<![CDATA[Indonesia and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Blockchain, Commentary, Conservation Technology, Deforestation, Environment, Forests, Research, Technology, Tropical Deforestation, Tropical Forests, and Wildtech]]>
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							<![CDATA[Blockchain technology is already connecting buyers and sellers around the world, even if they don’t trust each other. It’s cutting through bureaucracy and bypassing corrupt governments, all with just a few strings of code. The technology could even save Indonesia’s forests. The growing hype around cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin is nowhere more obvious than in Indonesia. [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Blockchain technology is already connecting buyers and sellers around the world, even if they don’t trust each other. It’s cutting through bureaucracy and bypassing corrupt governments, all with just a few strings of code. The technology could even save Indonesia’s forests. The growing hype around cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin is nowhere more obvious than in Indonesia. Despite being illegal as a transaction mechanism, Indonesians are moving $15-20 million worth of digital currency every single day. Although Bitcoin holds by far the biggest market share, alternatives (alt-coins) are catching up, and new ones flood the global crypto-exchanges almost daily. There are now over 1,500 listed alt-coins touting for investment through the sale of tokens. These tokens are often sold speculatively, like shares in a new company, or given as incentives to people who offer their computer power, which enables the network. The encoded tokens represent blocks of data stored on the network. Some of these cryptocurrencies offer game-changing blockchain technology to their respective market sectors. Others are completely bogus. With no central regulator, it’s often difficult to know what’s what. While Bitcoin was the first application of blockchain technology, ‘Bitcoin’ should not be used to mean ‘blockchain’, which is a much broader idea. Cryptocurrencies are but one use of blockchain technology. Other applications include government record-keeping, tracking the flow of goods and services along supply chains, voting, and verifying the identity of citizens. A blockchain is essentially a distributed database. What makes the technology unique is its ability to enable the storage&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/can-cryptocurrencies-save-indonesias-carbon-forests-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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