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Brazil’s shipping channel plans in Amazonian rivers will worsen climate change, experts warn

Tiffany Higgins 23 Dec 2024

Genetically modified cotton was planted in a Mato Grosso exclusion zone

Adriana Amâncio, André Uzêda 12 Nov 2024
Fire on the banks of the drought-stricken Xingu River in the Capoto-Jarina Indigenous Territory on September 12th, 2024. Photo © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace.

With Europe’s move to delay tropical forest protections, everything burns (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 10 Oct 2024

Why the EU must stand firm on its plan to help protect the world’s forests (commentary)

Sam Lawson 19 Sep 2024
Commodities such as corn, cattle and soy are major drivers of deforestation yet receive heavy financing from banks. Image © Marizilda Cruppe/Greenpeace.

Investors urge banks to cut commodity-driven deforestation

Shanna Hanbury 16 Sep 2024
Cattle raising in recently destroyed forestland in the municipality Aripuanã, in Mato Grosso state.

Biden Administration mistakenly seeks delay of EU’s new deforestation regulation (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 13 Aug 2024
Wheat field in Kansas. Image by Lane Pearman via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Getting the bread: What’s the environmental impact of wheat?

Ashoka Mukpo 22 Aug 2023
Chocolate bar

Consumed: What is the environmental impact of chocolate?

Sandy Watt 22 Aug 2022

Indonesian villagers missing out on spoils from palm oil boom

Philip Jacobson 2 Jun 2022

Debt deal with deforester BrasilAgro puts UBS’s green commitment in question

Fernanda Wenzel, Olivier Christe 6 Aug 2021

As blazes on embargoed Amazon land surge, links to meat industry emerge

Andrew Wasley, Elisângela Mendonça 30 Jul 2021

Banks increased deforestation-linked investments by $8B during Covid-19: report

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2021

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