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Inside Climate News: Trees Fell Faster in the Years Since Companies and Governments Promised to Stop Cutting Them Down
In the seven years since governments and corporations promised to stop deforestation, the clear cutting of critically important tropical forests has instead increased by more than 50 percent, a new report shows, with commercial agriculture driving most of the increase.
BBC: Why Peru is reviving a pre-Incan technology for water
Peru is turning to ancient indigenous techniques and natural ecosystems to keep its taps running, as climate change threatens to dry out its water supply.
Voice of Vietnam: Rubber industry needs to develop production chain
Vietnam’s rubber industry needs to develop its production chain to meet the increasing demands of export markets, especially fastidious markets such as Europe and the US, according to experts.
Reuters: Big brands join $1-billion forest conservation push for SE Asia
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Major household brands and palm-oil buyers Nestle and PepsiCo have backed a scheme that aims to invest $1 billion in forest conservation across Southeast Asia over 25 years.
Báo Pháp luật Việt Nam: khẩu gỗ và sản phẩm gỗ: Lo ngại rủi ro trong lẩn tránh xuất xứ (Export of wood and wood products: Fear of risks in avoiding origin)
Analyzing the import and export data of Vietnam’s wood and wood products, some experts believe that management agencies and the business community need to come up with feasible and effective measures, in order to detect and eliminate acts of commercial fraud and evading the origin of goods.
La República: El agua ¿nos compromete o nos involucra?
Tenemos que involucrarnos y entender que necesitamos restaurar amunas, esos sistemas incaicos y preincaicos de infiltración y recarga de acuíferos.
Sustainable Brands: Not All Carbon Credits Are Created Equal
While the majority of projects that generate carbon credits focus solely on carbon abatement, an increasing number also achieve other environmental, economic, social and cultural co-benefits — which increase impact ROI for companies.
Andina: “Mujeres del Agua”: inauguran muestra fotográfica por el Día Mundial del Agua
Mujeres protagonizan impactantes historias en relación con el agua y se podrán observar en recorrido virtual 360°.
El Comercio: Día Mundial del Agua: muestra de arte invoca a tomar conciencia sobre la importancia de las fuentes naturales de vida
Tres artistas, representantes de las tres regiones naturales del Perú, reflexionan sobre la importancia de cuidar el ecosistema que preserva el agua. La muestra se exhibe desde hoy vía Facebook.
Modern Diplomacy: Public-private partnerships could play key role in combatting deforestation
As environmental leaders and change makers meet virtually for the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in February 2021, the issue of deforestation has been central to their discussions.
