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Brazil claims to be an environmental leader. Are they?

World leaders and delegates are meeting in the northern Brazilian city of Belém for COP30, this year’s major UN climate summit.

The Conversation

Land is Africa’s best hope for climate adaptation: it must be the focus at COP30

Agriculture, forestry and other land uses together account for about 62% of Africa’s greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, land degradation, deforestation and biodiversity loss are eroding Africa’s resilience.

The Conversation

Lula’s balancing act: Cop30 Amazon summit juggles climate and social priorities

Brazil’s president welcomes world leaders while navigating divided government, promising action on deforestation and emissions

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COP30: Could Brazil’s ambitious new ‘Tropical Forests Forever’ fund help curb deforestation?

Brazil’s rainforest preservation fund details announced at COP30, draws worldwide support

Euronews

How could Tropical Forest Forever fund proposed at Cop30 tackle deforestation?

Scheme aims to raise $125bn to invest in bonds, with returns used to reward tropical countries for conservation

The Guardian - UK

Agriculture in Brazil: how land-use choices affect biodiversity and the global climate

Over the past 50 years, Brazil has emerged as one of the world’s agricultural giants. Becoming a leading global exporter of soybeans, beef, coffee and sugar has significantly boosted its economy and placed the country at the centre of the global food system. This agricultural development, however, has come at a…

The Conversation

‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?

After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future

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Interpol announces a new global fight against illegal deforestation

Interpol and partners have launched a global law enforcement effort to fight illegal deforestation in tropical areas

The Independent UK

Brazil’s Amazon deforestation falls 11% even as fires surge to record levels

Brazil’s government says deforestation in the Amazon fell 11% in the year through July 2025 to its lowest level in nearly a decade, helped by stronger enforcement and monitoring

The Independent UK

Hurricane Melissa hit areas vulnerable to landslides because of deforestation

Hurricane Melissa pummeled areas of the Caribbean already vulnerable to landslides and flash flooding — made worse by decades of deforestation — with risks likely to continue for days, experts said

The Independent UK

Time running out for 'irreplaceable' $95b reef

The Great Barrier Reef is an ecological and economic jewel, but a growing body of research shows it will be lost without swift and decisive action.

AAP

How Brazil’s booming coffee industry is driving deforestation

As Brazil prepares to host the UN’s climate conference next month, its coffee industry is under growing scrutiny for fuelling massive deforestation – and for threatening the very crop that made the country famous.

Radio France Internationale

Ten years after Paris, the world is still failing to meet its own climate promises, warns report

Despite record clean energy investment, coal, deforestation and fossil fuel finance are still rising, warns new report.

Euronews

EU Timber Imports Linked To Deforestation On Indonesia's Borneo: NGOs

Timber imports by companies operating in the European Union can be traced to logging on Indonesia's Borneo island, a new report published Tuesday showed, with NGOs calling for the bloc to stop delaying a ban on deforestation-linked products.

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The Conversation

Protecting Brazil and Indonesia’s tropical forests requires political will, law enforcement and public pressure

The vast tropical forest nations of Brazil and Indonesia are both home to millions of people, including Indigenous communities. They store enormous amounts of carbon to protect our climate and are home to staggering numbers of species found nowhere else in the world.

The Conversation

Which cooking oil is best? Asking how they’re made could tell you more

Vegetable oils are everywhere, and almost everyone has an opinion about them. From clever marketing in supermarket aisles to headlines about deforestation, they have become both the heroes and villains of the modern diet. But vegetable oils are vital to our lives and can help to address food insecurity.

The Independent UK

Supermarkets warned over animal feed products from deforested land

WWF is calling on UK food companies to enhance visibility and traceability for deforestation and land conversion-free sourcing.

Evening Standard

Brazilian indigenous chief thanks Charles for shining light on deforestation

The Kayapo ethnic leader said to the King in his native language via a translator that he had waited a long time to speak to him.

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Euronews

‘Forests are non-negotiable’: World off course to meet 2030 deforestation pledge

Global forest loss is 63 per cent off 2030 targets as finance and policy pledges fall behind.

International Business Times

Global Goal To End Deforestation Nowhere Near Being Met: Experts

Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction, but next month's UN climate summit in the Amazon could mark a turning point, experts said Tuesday.

International Business Times

Who Is Setting Fire To The Amazon?

"Red John" is an old acquaintance of landowners and ranchers in the Brazilian Amazon.

The Conversation

The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of

UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of one of the world’s least-known human rights and environmental crises, our research has revealed.

Euronews

As cocoa production in Liberia fosters mass deforestation, campaigners urge Europe to act

Cocoa production is fueling illegal deforestation in Liberia, new investigation reveals.

The Conversation

From beef to timber, a new era of labels will reveal where your shopping comes from

Have you noticed more QR codes or country-of-origin labels on the meat at the supermarket or timber decking from the hardware shop? You’re not imagining it.

The Independent UK

As Amazon's 'flying rivers' weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across the Amazon — are weakening as deforestation and climate change advance

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