2022 Government Rainforest 
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 14, 2022
In Mexico , the rushed development of a tourist train across the Yucatan peninsula threatens biodiverse rainforests and Indigenous communities, drawing UN attention. Al Jazeera reports that the Indian government has planned “multimillion-dollar projects,” likely for the ecotourism industry, along Loktak Lake in the country’s northeast. .
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. The court also ordered the State, considered remiss, to release the resources of the Climate Fund , a government program that aims to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
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Circle of Blue
APRIL 27, 2022
Residents in a major neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria lack access to clean drinking water and say their government has abandoned them. What’s Up With Water—April 26, 2022 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers paying for groundwater in California and a controversial canal project in Nebraska. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2022
The high demand for balsa wood in blades for lightweight structural support has linked the wind industry’s demand to increased Amazon rainforest logging and balsa plantation farming. For example, Siemens Gamesa installed the first ever recyclable wind turbine blade at an offshore wind farm in Germany in July 2022.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
For the first eight months of the year, the rate of deforestation is 48 percent lower than the same period in 2022. The World Resources Institute reported that the world lost more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021. It’s the lowest level for the month of August since 2018 and it continues a downward trend.
Legal Planet
MARCH 17, 2022
These governments have developed jurisdiction-specific, regional, and partnership-wide efforts to achieve these goals, and this has culminated in a new call to action through what is being called the Manaus Action Plan for a New Forest Economy (MAP). Government and Public Policies. Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation.
Legal Planet
JULY 5, 2023
So, what if all parties – government, private sector, environmental groups, the public more broadly -actually made difficult choices and compromises, sometimes even involving important principles, in the face of dire consequences.
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