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deforestation

The conversion of forest to other land use independently whether human-induced or not
 

Source: Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020, FAO 2018

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Cerro Guazu,by Samuel Auguste,2016
1 November 2019
Authors: 
World Resource Insitute
Paraguay

In the last 15 years, Paraguay lost a greater share of its forest than almost any other country on Earth. While soy farming once drove deforestation in the east, the focus of Paraguay's forest loss has since moved west to the low-lying, thorn-forested Chaco, where cattle ranching has claimed over 3.7 million hectares (9 million acres) of forest for pastureland – an area about the size of the Netherlands – between 2001 and 2015.


 

27 July 2021
Authors: 
Eron Bloomgarden
Global
  • The climate crisis cannot be solved without ending tropical deforestation, which increased by 12% between 2019 and 2020.
  • A jurisdictional approach to forest protection enables governments to drive systemic change at a national level while supporting local and private efforts.
  • Here are five key reasons why this approach should be central to corporate climate strategies.
26 May 2019
Global

By Kathleen Buckingham


Trees have become an iconic image of environmentalism, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we should plant millions of them.


Plant nursery in Yangambi, DRC. Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR
5 November 2018
Authors: 
Dr. Joseph Feyertag
Dr. Julian Quan
Global

Commercial agriculture has driven land use changes and not only affected millions of hectares of forested land, but also farmers’ and local people’s land rights. Efforts to combat deforestation are at the forefront of the international aid agenda, and clarifying and securing land rights is important for its success.

11 July 2018
Authors: 
Laura Notess
Mr. Peter Veit
Global

The Santa Clara de Uchunya community has lived in a remote section of the Peruvian Amazon for generations. Like many indigenous groups, this community of the Shipibo-Konibo people have traditionally managed and relied on forests for hunting, fishing and natural resources.


But in 2014, someone started cutting down large sections of the community’s ancestral forests.