Legal Planet

APRIL 13, 2023

The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Deforestation in the Amazon decreased significantly (by over 70%) during Lula’s last two terms, while it jumped (about 60%) under President Bolsonaro.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Nestle, P&G say they will miss 2020 deforestation goals Richa Naidu | Reuters | September 27, 2019 Nestle, known for products such as KitKat bars and Haagen-Dazs ice cream, says on its website that in 2010 it “made a commitment to no-deforestation” by 2020.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Nestle, P&G say they will miss 2020 deforestation goals Richa Naidu | Reuters | September 27, 2019 Nestle, known for products such as KitKat bars and Haagen-Dazs ice cream, says on its website that in 2010 it “made a commitment to no-deforestation” by 2020.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Nestle, P&G say they will miss 2020 deforestation goals Richa Naidu | Reuters | September 27, 2019 Nestle, known for products such as KitKat bars and Haagen-Dazs ice cream, says on its website that in 2010 it “made a commitment to no-deforestation” by 2020.

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 8, 2020

In a long interview last year, Nepstad was shockingly candid with me about the harms perpetrated by the environmental NGO community in the Amazon, including how their efforts had contributed to the fragmentation of the rainforest. Notably, however, Nepstad did not request any corrections to my article in our conversation, nor has he since.

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 29, 2020

I became an environmentalist at 16 when I threw a fundraiser for Rainforest Action Network. Mainstream journalists reported, repeatedly, that the Amazon was “the lungs of the world,” and that deforestation was like a nuclear bomb going off. At 26 I helped expose poor conditions at Nike factories in Asia.

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