A Greener Life

DECEMBER 5, 2024

By Kevin Damasio Under pressure after racking up Amazon deforestation records, Par state is now targeting the bioeconomy. The plan focuses on avoiding deforestation by valuing, restoring and promoting sustainable use of its biological resources particularly its standing forests as part of a bioeconomy. The state expects to invest 1.2

Deforestation

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The rate of deforestation has since slowed, but it is still of major concern. Timber smuggling is another major cause of deforestation in the region. Khan says this is partly due to deforestation, adding: “This is a significant increase, and if this trend continues until the end of 2100, there is a fear of a further 3C increase.

Deforestation

Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2017, four rivers sought and in some instances won legal rights: the Whanganui River in New Zealand, the Rio Altrato in Colombia, and the Ganga and Yamuna rivers in India. The court ordered the government to develop and implement action plans to address deforestation. The Provincial Justice Court of Loja ruled in favor of the river.

Deforestation

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Brazil , the Institute of Amazonian Studies (IEA) calls upon the Brazilian Federal Government to take appropriate measures to comply with the federal law that instituted the National Policy on Climate Change ( NPCC ) and thus enforce compliance with the Plan to Prevent and Combat Deforestation in the Legal Amazon – PPCDAm.

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In the short-term, pollution from commercial pens will cease; recovering native fish species will be less exposed to diseases that mass-farmed fish may carry; and net collapses — such as one particularly devastating event in 2017, when 260,000 farmed, non-native salmon were released into the Puget Sound — will no longer pose a risk.

2022

HumanNature

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And, in 2017 environmental and other groups sued the state of Colorado and asked the court to grant the Colorado river legal personhood with all associated rights. The river, as with its inhabitants, are directly harmed by illegal mining, deforestation, and other extractive and harmful activities.

2016

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Following the reasoning of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR)’ 2017 advisory opinion , the CRC found that countries have extraterritorial responsibilities related to carbon pollution. In Future Generations v.

Climate Change

Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

For example, the rate of deforestation in indigenous territories has increased to 71% since the Brazilian president Jair Bolsanro was elected [4]. 3) Birss Moria (2017) Criminalising environmental activism pages 315-322. (4) It is also important to realise that politics and governments have a lot of control on the land they govern.

Rainforest

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

target; The US-China bilateral declaration , including undertakings to cut emissions of methane and CO2, expand climate finance, and adopt other measures to pursue the Paris 1.5°C

Paris Agreement

HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

These effects of climate change have been closely linked to socioecological hazards, including biodiversity loss, pollution, deforestation, coastal erosion, overfishing, and freshwater salinization (Douglas & Cooper, 2020). For example, in 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by hurricane Irma and Maria.

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

Indeed, while climate variability and moisture losses on a global level are a major source of concern, human activities, such as deforestation, overgrazing, cropland expansion and unchecked population growth, are making an already worrisome situation even worse. Though a 2017 senate probe revealed that ?530 530 million ($1.2

Government

Edouard Stenger

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Deforestation and environmental destruction are still a reality in many countries around the world. LED bulbs are just one example among many on how doing more with less has a lot of potential as it is estimated that 570 million tons of carbon emissions have been prevented in 2017 alone by the adoption of more efficient lights.

Deforestation

Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Mexico: Protesters are blocking access to Nestlé Tlahuapan to demand the water supply be handled with more care Cecilia Espinoza Galindo | Municipios Puebla | January 16, 2017 The protesters claim that the bottling giant extracts one million liters from the spring per day since its arrival in the municipality 20 years ago.

Deforestation

Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Mexico: Protesters are blocking access to Nestlé Tlahuapan to demand the water supply be handled with more care Cecilia Espinoza Galindo | Municipios Puebla | January 16, 2017 The protesters claim that the bottling giant extracts one million liters from the spring per day since its arrival in the municipality 20 years ago.

Deforestation

Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Mexico: Protesters are blocking access to Nestlé Tlahuapan to demand the water supply be handled with more care Cecilia Espinoza Galindo | Municipios Puebla | January 16, 2017 The protesters claim that the bottling giant extracts one million liters from the spring per day since its arrival in the municipality 20 years ago.

Deforestation

Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Over the last few decades China has installed 30 million small biodigesters to help rural populations deal with energy poverty, deforestation, and healthcare. Households in developing nations are already using the various local waste streams to generate it onsite for cooking. A total of 6.5 Energy from biogas is already cost-competitive.

Carbon Dioxide

Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] 12] Though pastureland and cropland expanded 5 and 16 percent, between 1961 and 2017, the maximum extent of total agriculture land occurred in the 1990s, and declined significantly since then, led by a 4.5 52] But mostly it is due to efficiency.

Climate Change

Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. The conglomerate has also been accused of corruption, bribery, and price-fixing in both Brazil in the U.S. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

Deforestation

Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. The conglomerate has also been accused of corruption, bribery, and price-fixing in both Brazil in the U.S. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

Deforestation

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Unlike many other works of botany from that age and later, Sylva highlighted the growing problem of deforestation in England. Due to mass deforestation in the industrial era, they were driven out of the lowland habitats and into the highlands of China. Evelyn did not take this work upon himself.

Conservation

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 23, 2025

A combination of over-construction, deforestation, and extreme heat have contributed to the loss of trees and waterways in Chennai, India resources the city is desperately seeking to restore. By 2017, more than 60 percent of Ghanas water bodies were polluted with mercury and other toxic metals used in the mining process.

2025

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The court noted that the administrative record currently documented the Corps’ decision to reissue NWP 12 in 2017. In 2017 Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission modified a fuel rule to allow a maximum of 10% ethanol in gasoline sales, up from 5.8%.

2020

ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Countries pledge to combat deforestation, cut methane emissions, transition away from coal and more. More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. In this issue: Global Climate Talks Commence in Glasgow. House Releases New Reconciliation Bill Text, Includes Funding for Climate Science. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

2021

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

A few days after the California court issued its order, North Dakota and Texas asked the Wyoming federal court to lift a stay that the court had imposed in December 2017. 2017 CA 006685 B (D.C. He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017.

2018

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The bill repeals section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

2021

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Chevron filed the third-party complaint in December 2017 against the company—of which the Norwegian State is majority stakeholder—for indemnity and contribution. Brazilian Court Granted a Preliminary Injunction Ordering the Removal of Cattle Herds from Farms that Caused Deforestation. Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump , No.

2021