Sentences with phrase «of illegal deforestation»

Instead, his article becomes confused and dominated by the issue of illegal deforestation — the subject of the Greenpeace report.

Together, the projects being developed collectively by Cacao del Perú Norte S.A.C. (operating a cacao plantation in Loreto), Plantaciones de Ucayali S.A.C., and Plantaciones de Pucallpa S.A.C. (both operating oil palm plantations in Ucayali), are responsible for over 11,000 hectares of illegal deforestation, mainly of primary tropical rainforest.

Other targets announced by Rousseff include 12 million hectares of reforestation, 5 million hectares of crops - livestock - forestry integration, the end of illegal deforestation, and meeting 45 % of the country's energy needs with renewables — up from a 40 % share today — largely thanks to hydroelectricity and sugarcane ethanol.

According to DC Sports Blog, apparently Jungle Bird was in D.C. to raise awareness of the perils of illegal deforestation.

The Orangutan snack was a spoof on KitKat for a campaign last year against Nestle and HSBC over the two company's dealings with Indonesian palm oil producer Sinar Mas, whom Greenpeace accused of illegal deforestation.

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Most of this is illegal deforestation, due to aggressive agriculture combined with gaps in policy.

The deforestation, often illegal, of the Amazon rainforest is threatening the existence of the indigenous communities.

At Ixtlan, problems of deforestation and illegal logging have become relatively unknown.

He noted that «This is in preparation for our deforestation program in terms of degradation which is as a result of illegal small scale mining.

A new illegal trade «alliance» Yesterday, in an effort to chip away at the illegal timber trade, which is a key driver of deforestation along with agricultural expansion, a coalition of businesses, paper organizations and international groups banded together to form the Forest Legality Alliance.

Other reasons for the rebound in deforestation include illegal logging and the invasion of public lands adjacent to big infrastructure projects in the Amazon, such as roads and hydroelectric dams.

Recent illegal deforestation of the Monarch's overwintering grounds have led to a drastic reduction in the butterfly's population.

But beyond the human tragedy, the war has also taken its toll on the DRC's wildlife as a result of insecurity, heightened illegal bushmeat trade and increased deforestation.

Commercial agriculture is responsible for more than 70 per cent of tropical deforestation, half of which is illegal, says forests expert Sam Lawson, an independent researcher who has analysed local and government data from around the world (bit.ly / ForestTrends).

Polman has made a habit of placing the word «illegal» in front of deforestation.

On Monday, Brazil said it would cut emissions to 43 percent of 2005 levels in the next 15 years, stop illegal deforestation and reforest 30 million acres of land.

In Guatemala, the main drivers of deforestation are changes in land use, agriculture, livestock, illegal logging, and forest fires.

Los Katios National Park was placed on the Danger List at the request of Colombia so as to help mobilize international support for the preservation of the property which is threatened by, notably, deforestation in areas inside and around the property due to the illegal extraction of timber.

The first episode, which tries to propel the story by vaulting the viewer back and forth between Texas, Syria and Indonesia (call it the «Game of Thrones» effect), ends with a bit of a cliffhanger in Indonesia, when Ford, after viewing massive illegal deforestation in a supposedly protected national park, intones: «This is unbelievable... I can't wait to see the Minister of Forestry, I can't wait.»

SFI is working toward a future where the global forest community has addressed deforestation and illegal logging and given people a sense of pride in purchasing forest products derived from a responsibly managed renewable resource.

Kajir has served as chief executive officer of the Environmental Law Centre in Port Moresby and was the lead attorney in a Supreme Court case aimed at stopping foreign timber companies» large - scale, illegal deforestation practices, often accompanied by threats of harm to local landholders who dare to challenge them.

Currently, the main direct causes of deforestation are generally agreed to be: (i) conversion to agriculture (particularly to industrial perennial crops); (ii) unsustainable logging (notably illegal logging); (iii) infrastructure development; and (iv) forest fires.

The official statement on drivers of deforestation agreed to by parties to the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2013 does not specifically address illegal conversion for commercial agriculture.

The owner of Indonesia's largest conglomerate has been accused of participating in the illegal deforestation of Borneo's Ketungau peat swamp to make way for oil palm plantations.

We have seen in Kenya how the detrimental impact of climate change is further compounded by local environmental degradation caused by deforestation, illegal encroachments, and livestock grazing.

However, numerous studies show that failure to address the true drivers of deforestation — high demand for wood products, expansion of industrial agriculture, illegal and unplanned forest conversion, conflicts over land and resources, and extractive activities — will generally undermine any effort to «protect» forests through «payment for ecosystem services» schemes such as REDD.

This briefing was submitted to the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market along with a sign - on letter from over 60 indigenous organizations and NGOs from Peru, Europe, and the United States calling for United Cacao to be removed from trading on AIM for its breaches of AIM rules and ongoing illegal deforestation for palm oil and cacao in the Peruvian Amazon.

But, if the goal is to reduce deforestation, why spend billions on counting carbon when the growth of biofuels, industrial agriculture, and the rash of illegal logging are gobbling up forest lands — and leading to landgrabs to boot?

To meet this target it will eliminate illegal deforestation, restore and reforest 12 million hectares of degraded land and boosts its share of renewables in the energy mix to 45 %.

Illegal gold mining is a growing problem in Colombia, where 80 % of gold is mined unlawfully, with devastating impacts on the environment — including deforestation and contamination of water sources.

Much of Adeso's work is rooted in the notion that people's livelihoods are inextricably linked to natural resources and a healthy environment, which is why its programs have a strong focus on stopping deforestation and the illegal charcoal trade, protecting and regenerating pastoralists» rangeland and promoting food security.

Heavy deforestation — much of it due to illegal logging — has scarred the landscape.

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 10 SEPTEMBER 2014 AT 20:01 EDT / 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 AT 00:01 GMT Editor's Note: The full report as well as supplementary materials are available at https://www.forest-trends.org/publications/consumer-goods-and-deforestation/ WASHINGTON, DC (11 September 2014)-- A comprehensive new analysis released today says that nearly half (49 %) of all recent tropical deforestation is the result of illegal -LSB-...]

Peru has come under fire as a country where some of the worst deforestation of the Amazon is taking place as a result oil drilling, gold mining, illegal logging and land clearance for farms.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has ebbed significantly in recent years due to better monitoring by the federal authorities and a series of major sting operations against illegal loggers.

A biologist by training, Rudi Putra is dismantling illegal palm oil plantations that are causing massive deforestation in northern Sumatra's Leuser Ecosystem, protecting the habitat of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino.

«British supermarkets are driving rapid destruction of the Amazon rainforest by using meat from farms responsible for illegal deforestation», says Adam.

Increasingly, this work is highlighting illegal land use / conversion, the role of conversion timber in the global sourcing of wood fiber, and agricultural supply chains from legal or zero - deforestation zones.

At the end of last month, the Guardian's environment correspondent, David Adam, reported from Brazil on Greenpeace's allegation that illegal deforestation in the Amazon Basin was linked to a number of giant UK food firms.

Rampant deforestation, much of it from illegal logging, has destroyed forests that stabilize soils and regulate river flow, causing record floods and landslides.

First, Ben had an article on Spiked last week about the Guardian's entirely credulous coverage of Greenpeace's allegations that illegal deforestation in the Amazon Basin is linked to a number of giant UK food firms:

Investigations out of EIA's U.S. office have also come across RSPO failures as part of research to understand the roots and financing of new, illegal deforestation for oil palm and other agro-commodity crops in the Peruvian Amazon.

From a political perspective, these tax credits have three very powerful constituencies: 1) All taxpayers 2) Major companies looking to reduce their tax burden while doing something good for the environment 3) Landowners, farmers, ranchers, and the forest products industry (these groups will be eligible for tax credits for reforestation or agricultural changes on their own land; organizations such as the National Farmers Union, the American Forest and Paper Association, the National Alliance of Forest Owners, United Steelworkers, and many others have already been advocates for protection of tropical forests and cracking down on illegal logging as a way to level the playing field by ensuring products on the global market don't come from deforestation.)

On the land - use front, Brazil reiterated its promise to end illegal deforestation and restore 12 million hectares of forest by 2030 — mostly by continuing to implement its Forest Code, which was overhauled two years ago and amended last year to create incentives for the country's six million private landowners to join the Rural Environmental Registry System (Cadastro Ambiental Rural / «CAR»), which is linked to a satellite monitoring system that tracks land use.

The programmes work either by protection of regions that would have otherwise been subject to (legal) planned deforestation and others provide rigorous support and set us reserves to protect against (illegal) unplanned deforestation.

Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot, speaking on behalf of the 25 member states after their recent meeting on the situation in Burma, called on the EU Commission «to produce specific proposals to address the issue of illegal logging, including opportunities for decreasing deforestation in, and export of, teak from Burma».

But no, this wasn't a statement on modern love, it was part of an event called Marry a Tree, and it is helping to raise awareness about illegal logging and deforestation in the state of Oaxaca.

A few months ago Brazil announced that rates of deforestation in the Amazon increased 3.8 % over the previous year and that it would be taking steps to crack down on illegal logging, land clearing (sometimes by burning) and illegal settlements.

Back when 20 % of Pakistan was underwater, I wrote about the influence of deforestation on the flooding — deforestation caused in no small part by illegal logging at the hands of the so - called timber mafia, a group with

Illegal logging is driving the lion's share of deforestation in the world's rain forests, and organized crime is to blame for almost all of it.