Palm oil is the world’s most versatile vegetable oil – contributing to economic development in many regions, especially Southeast Asia. However, unsustainable production has led to widespread destruction of rainforests and biodiversity. Habitats of endangered species continue to be threatened, ...
“Deforestation, clearance, clearcutting or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land which is then converted to a non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs intropical rain...
From Southeast and Central Asia to Africa and Latin America, this article surveys Chinese-led or financed projects that fall under the broad umbrella of NbS. We provide a comparative analysis of these interventions – or the conspicuous lack of such interventions – to show the current status ...
-Paitan et al. (2024) also observed that cocoa-driven deforestation always coexists with other commodities that drive deforestation, even in cocoa landscapes where it is the dominant driver. Robusta and Arabica coffee, for instance, grown in cocoa landscapes, contribute significantly to deforestation...
Hydrological impact of widespread afforestation in Great Britain using a large ensemble of modelled scenarios ArticleOpen access10 January 2022 2physiology and deforestation Article31 August 2023 16 May 2023 Introduction Earth’s climate is changing due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG)...
In this report, we look at forestry projects in Southeast Asia — a region that is seeing explosive economic and population growth, coupled with high levels of deforestation. If you have questions about the information in this report, or would like to learn more about AlliedOffsets, please rea...
At the beginning of the 20th century, human pressure from deforestation and agriculture drove the species nearly to extinction. Only a few populations remained in Tuscany, southern Italy, and the Alps. However, after World War II, as Italy’s economy boomed and its population urbanized...
Natural climate solutions are being advanced to arrest climate warming by protecting and enhancing carbon capture and storage in plants, soils and sediments in ecosystems. These solutions are viewed as having the ancillary benefit of protecting habitats and landscapes to conserve animal species diversity...
In Borneo—the world's largest palm oil producing region, with 8.3 million hectares planted at of 2016—half the rainforests lost from 2005 to 2015 were destroyed by palm oil development. In the area under Malaysian rule, it was responsible for nearly 60 percent of deforestation between 1973 ...
cultivation, especially with respect to deforestation and haze creation (Paterson and Lima2018). There is also great public concern about the plight of iconic species, and particularly the orangutan, in SE Asia. Some of the particular challenges currently faced by the industry include the following...