Cocaine production Driving Deforestation Into Colombian National Park
René Mora – The illegal cultivation of coca and its manufacture into cocaine appears to be coming at the cost of the world’s forests.
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That Coconut Oil You Love? Species Have Gone Extinct Over It, Study Says
Elizabeth C. Alberts – Globally, coconut farms occupy 12.3 million hectares (30.4 million acres) of land, about two-thirds the area of oil palm plantations, with most farms located in Indonesia and the Philippines.
New Data Show World Lost a Switzerland-Size Area of Primary Rainforest in 2019
Morgan Erickson-Davis – Researchers are also worried about how the COVID-19 crisis could affect forests in 2020.
Every Six Seconds A Football Pitch Sized Chunk Of Tropical Forest Is Destroyed
Anthony McLennan – 3.8 million hectares of tropical primary forest was lost in 2019 – the equivalent of a football pitch every six seconds.
‘Hummingbird’ spy creature films millions of monarchs taking flight
Liz Kimbrough – Up in the cool Mexican mountains, billions of monarch butterflies gather together for the winter.
Satellite Data Show Amazon Rainforest Likely Drier, More Fire-Prone This Year
Shanna Hanbury – Huge swaths of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are drier than usual after a rainy season well below historical levels.
Rapid deforestation of Brazilian Amazon could bring next pandemic: Experts
Thais Borges and Sue Branford – Nearly 25,000 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Brazil, with 1,378 deaths as of April 15, though some experts say this is an underestimate.
In Brazil, COVID-19 outbreak paves way for invasion of indigenous lands
Sam Cowie – Fear of the spread of COVID-19 by non-indigenous invaders inside Brazil’s indigenous communities has grown in recent days.
Scientists Predict the Amazon Rainforest May Disappear Within the Next 50 Years
Mandy Froelich – The team recalled that the Amazon rainforest was recently crippled by a wildfire that engulfed 906,000 hectares, or 2.2 million acres, of the forest.
Mexico Is Letting an Oil Company Destroy Protected Mangroves for an $8 Billion Oil Refinery
Jordan Davidson – Mexico’s president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered state-owned oil company, Pemex, to build an $8 billion oil refinery.
Deforestation in Brazil continues torrid pace into 2020
Rhett Butler – Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to rise, according to data from Brazil’s national space research institute INPE.
Rare trees are disappearing as ‘wood pirates’ log Bolivian national parks
Eduardo Franco Berton – Spread too thin and threatened with violence, park authorities say they’re powerless to stop the onslaught.
The World Is Losing An Area Of Forest Equivalent To The UK Every Year
Mandy Froelich – The rate of loss has accelerated in the past five years.
New Satellite Data Says Amazon Deforestation At Worst Levels In Ten Years
John Vibes – According to new satellite data released by the Brazilian government this week, deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is at the highest levels the area has seen in over a decade.
Bolsonaro Dismisses Amazon Deforestation as ‘Cultural’
Olivia Rosane – Despite confirmation this week that the deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest is at its highest in more than a decade.
Amazon Deforestation Rate Highest in 11 Years
Olivia Rosane – The deforestation rate in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is at its highest in more than a decade, CNN reported Tuesday.
Illegal Loggers Murder Amazon Forest Guardian
Olivia Rosane – Indigenous rights groups blamed the Bolsonaro government for the killing, since the president has promised to open indigenous reserves to extractive industries.
Happy Halloween – Rankings of The Worst Candy Companies Contributing To Child Labor and Deforestation
John Vibes – It is estimated that people in the United States alone will spend $2.7 billion on candy for Halloween, and not many of us really think about where that money is going.
New Law Hands Over Protected Forests in Ivory Coast to Chocolate Industry
Jordan Davidson – Ivory Coast’s rainforests have been decimated by cocoa production and what is left is put in peril by a new law that will remove legal protections for thousands of square miles of forests.
South America’s Second-Largest Forest is Also Burning – and ‘Environmentally Friendly’ Charcoal is Subsidizing its Destruction
Joel E. Correia – South America’s second-largest forest, the Gran Chaco, is disappearing in plain sight.