Deforestation

Big Banks Make A Dangerous Bet On The World’s Growing Demand For Food

March 19, 2021 Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News. Educate! Big Banks, Carbon emissions, Deforestation, Food and Agriculture

As global banking giants and investment firms vow to divest from polluting energy companies, they’re continuing to bankroll another major driver of the climate crisis: food and farming corporations that are responsible, directly or indirectly, for cutting down vast carbon-storing forests and spewing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. These agricultural investments, largely unnoticed and unchecked, represent a potentially catastrophic blind spot. “Animal protein and even dairy is likely, and already has started to become, the new oil and gas,” said Bruno Sarda, the former North America president of CDP, a framework through which companies disclose their carbon emissions. “This is the biggest source of emissions that doesn’t have a target on its back.”

World Rainforest Movement: Dangerous Impacts Of “Zero Deforestation”

February 24, 2020 By Anne Petermann, Globaljusticeecology.org Educate! Deforestation, Environment, Rainforest

“Zero deforestation” pledges are one more idea in the list of voluntary initiatives created in the past 10-15 years to supposedly address the negative impacts of industrial agriculture commodity crops. Oil palm plantation companies have responded to pressure from global food corporations such as Unilever, Nestle and Mars and made a commitment to “zero deforestation”1. Global food corporations are major buyers of palm oil and they, as well as the financial backers of oil palm companies...

The Lie Of JetBlue Going Carbon Neutral

January 17, 2020 By Anne Petermann, Globaljusticeecology.org Educate! Airlines, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Deforestation, Environment

The Washington Post recently published an article that “Jet Blue plans to go completely carbon neutral on all U.S. Flights.” While this sounds like a delightful and guilt-free way to keep on flying, this move by Jet Blue is nothing short of a ploy to manufacture a green veneer for their very UN-green activities. For an excellent analysis of the language behind “green” schemes such as this that actually accelerate environmental destruction and human rights abuses, please listen to the Earth Minute above and then read this piece from the latest World Rainforest Movement Bulletin.

Meat Is (Ecological) Murder, Greenwashed Deforestation & Fighting Toxic Prisons

October 17, 2019 Eleanor Goldfield, PopularResistance.org Resistance Report Deforestation, greenwashing, Prisons

Meat isn't good for you – even if it's good for you. Next, the charred reality driving deforestation and greenwashed consumer products in your markets. Plus, Fight Toxic Prisons joins us to talk direct action, solidarity with prisoners and the layers of toxicity in the prison industrial complex.

Activists Follow The Money Fueling Amazon Fires

September 11, 2019 By Negin Owliaei and Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson, Inequality.org Educate! Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, New Economy, Profit, Wildfires

While the world watches in horror as fires rage on in the Amazon, activists are shining a light on the big businesses destroying what’s popularly known as the “lungs of the Earth.” On September 5, people around the globe stood in solidarity with the rainforest’s indigenous communities by partaking in the Global Day of Action for the Amazon, staging protests and singling out the bad actors profiting off deforestation. In Washington, D.C. protesters chanted “Put out the flames, we name your names — politicians, corporate vultures, you’re the ones we blame,” as they marched from the White House to the Brazilian Consulate.

Ethiopia Plants 350 Million Trees In One Day

August 3, 2019 By Amanda Mills, Nationofchange.org Create! Climate Change, Deforestation, Ethiopia

The country and this project are aiming to do their part in the current climate crisis by tackling the ever-growing issue of deforestation and climate change. Ethiopia broke records with this recent tree planting day that occurred Monday. State employees were given the day off and encouraged other citizens to play their role in the project. “I think we demonstrated the capacity for people to come together collectively and deliver on a shared vision,” said Billene Seyoum, Abiy’s press secretary. India held the previous world record for the most trees planted in one day standing at 50 million.

Exclusive New Video From Greenpeace Reveals Massive Deforestation In Indonesia

April 30, 2018 Staff, Ecowatch.com Educate! Deforestation, Environment, Greenpeace, Indonesia

A palm oil supplier to Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever is destroying rainforests in Papua, Indonesia, a new investigation by Greenpeace International has revealed. Satellite analysis suggests that around 4,000 hectare of rainforest were cleared in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya concession between May 2015 and April 2017—an area almost half the size of Paris. Photos and video (below) taken in March and April 2018 show massive deforestation in PT MJR, a palm oil concession controlled by the Hayel Saeed Anam Group (HSA), including in an area zoned for protection by the Indonesian government in response to the devastating forest fires in 2015. Development is prohibited in these areas. The footage is being released soon after Greenpeace revealed that these leading global brands are falling behind in their publicized commitments to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains by 2020.

Governor Fails To Halt Yellowwood Logging

December 20, 2017 Staff, IndianaForestAlliance.org Resist! Climate Change, Deforestation, Environment

Nearby residents witnessed logging trucks entering the Yellowwood State Forest Back Country Area today -- verifying that Governor Eric Holcomb is choosing to let the commercial logging of a 300-acre forest -- one of the most popular in the state for wilderness recreation -- go forward. “This is the people’s forest, not the loggers’” said Jeff Stant, executive director of the Indiana Forest Alliance. “It’s atrocious to sell off public forests this way, against the advice of scientists, economists, tourism leaders -- and against the will of thousands of citizens who have spoken out in favor of saving this forest.” “We’re not against responsible logging on private land,” he continued. “If the Department of Natural Resources is going to log public land, they should have a balanced policy, not a ‘log 97.5% of it’ policy.

Blockade At Remote Old-Growth Forest Attempts To Disrupt Logging Plans

November 2, 2017 Adam Carey, theage.com.au Resist! Deforestation, Environment, Protests

By Adam Carey for The Age - Environmental activists have set up a blockade at a remote old-growth forest in East Gippsland in a last-ditch attempt to disrupt logging plans. Harvesting of native timber is due to begin as soon as Wednesday in a previously untouched part of the Kuark Forest near Orbost, even as environmental lawyers take legal action to have logging in the area ruled illegal. State-owned enterprise VicForests this week told lawyers for Environmental Justice Australia that it would begin harvesting the "Princess Cut" coupe in the Kuark forest on November 1. The decision was made after the Andrews government approved the work with tougher new conditions imposed on VicForests, which will likely reduce the number of large old trees the agency can harvest. Any tree with a diameter of more than 2½ metres will be off-limits to loggers, as will habitat trees that provide a home for native animals and help plant life flourish below the forest canopy. Compliance officers with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning will inspect the forest this week to make sure the new limit is adhered to, the government said. Harvesting will not begin until the inspection is complete and large old trees and areas of habitat in and around the coupe have been protected.

Earthjustice Wins 16-Year-Long Battle To Protect 50 Million Acres Of Forests

October 2, 2017 Jessica A. Knoblauch, www.earthjustice.org Educate! Deforestation, Environment

By Jessica A. Knoblauch for Earth Justice - A decades-long fight over a landmark rule protecting wild forests nationwide took another successful–and possibly final–turn last week after a U.S. district court threw out a last-ditch attack by the state of Alaska against the Roadless Rule. Adopted in the closing days of the Clinton administration, the Roadless Rule prohibits most logging and road construction in roadless areas of national forests. These lands, today equaling about 50 million acres or about the size of Nebraska, are some of the wildest places left in America. Upon its passage, the rule was overwhelmingly popular with the American people, including those who like to hike, camp, fish and recreate among the trees in wild, unmarred areas. The Forest Service also liked the rule, since, at the time, the agency had a multibillion-dollar backlog on maintenance for more than 400,000 miles of existing roads, and it wasn’t eager to add even more to its workload. Yet, despite its popularity, state political leaders with ties to the logging and timber industries hated the new rule. Even before President Clinton left office, they began their attack. The Bush administration, which took office just eight days later, failed to come to the rule’s defense. “It created this vacuum,” says Earthjustice attorney Tom Waldo, one of the legal architects of the organization’s Roadless Rule strategy. “So Earthjustice stepped in.”

Norway Is First Country To Commit To Zero Deforestation

June 10, 2016 Sadie Levy Gale, www.independent.co.uk Create! Deforestation, Norway

By Sadie Levy Gale for Independent - Norway has become the first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation. The Norwegian parliament pledged that the government’s public procurement policy will become deforestation-free, last month. Norway is a major funder of forest conservation projects worldwide and also supports human rights programmes for forest communities.

WWF Partners With Logging Company Destroying “Pygmy” Land

May 27, 2016 Staff, www.survivalinternational.org Educate! Corporations, Deforestation, Land

By Staff of Survival International - A French logging company and official partner of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is deforesting a huge area of rainforest in southeast Cameroon without the consent of local Baka “Pygmies” who have lived there and managed the land for generations, Survival International has learned. Rougier is described as an “integrated forest & trade company” and a large “forest operator” in a WWF press release and report. It is felling trees in an estimated 600,000 hectare area, which is more than is permitted under Cameroonian law.

People Unite In Concern Over Forest Clearing

March 1, 2016 Staff, www.frontlineaction.org Resist! Deforestation, Environment

By Staff of Front Line Action On Coal - MAULES CREEK and WILLOW TREE, 27 FEB 2016: Today the rail line for coal in north west NSW has again been shut down by activists concerned over Whitehaven’s forest clearing. A bulldozer has also been halted in the Leard Forest forest by 2 women, delaying clearing. These actions follow allegations that Whitehaven has cleared during extreme heat in breach of the conditions of their Biodiversity Management Plan (Media Release 26 Feb 2016).

Stylish Protest Brings Deforestation Concerns To Fashion Awards

June 2, 2015 Emma Lierley, www.ran.org Resist! Climate Change, Deforestation, Environment, Human Rights, New York City (NYC)

By Emma Lierley in Rainforest Action Network - Today, a colorful protest temporarily diverted attention from the red carpet parade at the 2015 Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Fashion Awards at New York City’s Lincoln Center. Dressed in sleek formal wear, activists deployed a large banner over the heads of the crowd while others handed out balloons and business cards to the gathered crowd, printed with a parody logo of the demonstration’s target: Ralph Lauren. The activists were using the annual fashion awards show to call attention to a serious message: Ralph Lauren, one of the biggest names in the fashion industry, makes its clothes at the expense of forest destruction, human rights abuses and climate pollution.

Is Brazil Plan For Rainforests Environmental Protection Or Exploitation

May 20, 2015 Donna Bowater, www.independent.co.uk Educate! Brazil, Capitalism, Deforestation, Environment, Nationalism

The Brazilian rainforest could be effectively nationalised under a draft bill being considered by the country’s MPs. The proposed legislation would recognise the sovereignty of Brazil over the Amazon’s natural resources and set up a national Amazonian policy council with the aim of enshrining environmental protection and regulating economic activities in the rainforest. Should the law be passed, companies wanting to operate in the area would require approval from the new state entity in return for shares of the proceeds – in a similar way to that which oil exploration concessions are granted through state-controlled company Petrobras in return for royalties. The draft bill was put forward by Sergio Zveiter, a Social Democratic MP in Rio de Janeiro, and will go before a special commission created at the end of March.

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