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    • Saturday, 18 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Brazil looks to start-ups in battle to reforest the Amazon

      Companies are replanting millions of hectares and generating revenue through carbon credit sales

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
      Rich nations are not looking good in the palm-oil dispute

      Indonesia and Malaysia have a point in criticising tariffs that penalise sustainable producers

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      South America
      Plan to plough $1bn into sustainable farming in South America misses initial target

      Fund for beef and soy farmers who protect rainforest struggles to make loans as planned

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      UK trade
      UK poised to remove import tariffs on Malaysian palm oil

      Britain’s move to cut duties as it seeks entry to CPTPP trade deal sparks concern among green groups

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      ExplainerClimate Capital
      EU deforestation law triggers ire of its trading partners

      Indonesia and Malaysia lead criticism of legislation that bans imports of products linked to clearing of forests

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Person in the News
      Marina Silva, an unflinching campaigner to save Brazil’s rainforest

      In her new spell as president Lula’s environment minister she will face challenges even greater than in her first term

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      Brazilian politics
      Green champion Marina Silva returns to Brazil’s environment ministry

      New leftwing government has pledged to end deforestation of Amazon by end of decade

    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
      Global Economy
      UN pushes end to $1.8tn in subsidies linked with harm to nature

      Focus turns to economic risks of loss of plant and animal life that experts estimate could affect up to half of global GDP

    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      COP27
      Lula promises COP27 that ‘Brazil is back’ in climate change fight

      President-elect greeted at UN summit with chants of his name from supporters

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      Amazon destruction woes overshadow Brazil’s farming advances

      Technology makes farming in developed areas more sustainable but rainforest destruction has been soaring

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      Appetite for charcoal threatens ‘lungs of Africa’

      Some businesses are starting to develop alternatives to the cooking fuel

    • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
      Brazil
      Lula faces struggle to reverse Brazil’s environmental destruction

      Former minister says climate change will be a top priority after increase in deforestation under Bolsonaro

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      Moral Money
      A year on, COP26 pledges ring hollow Premium content

      Plus, Big Tech isn’t so clean after all

    • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
      Tree-planting and land pledges would need area bigger than US, report estimates

      Countries have promised 1.2bn hectares in total of new forests and restored land to help curb climate change

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
      Amazon rainforest
      Brazil presidential vote sparks rush to clear more Amazon rainforest

      Possible change of government prompts further land grab by criminal logging gangs, say campaigners

    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
      News in-depthColombia
      Colombia’s battle against Amazon deforestation: ‘The jungle is disappearing’

      Leftwing government launches crackdown on illegal clearances to tackle destruction of rainforest

    • Sunday, 11 September, 2022
      The Big Read
      The ancient subarctic forests at risk from climate change and war

      The boreal ecosystem that covers swaths of Russia and North America is nearing a dangerous tipping point

    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
      The Big Read
      Brazil’s other deforestation: has the savannah farming boom gone too far?

      Decades of intensive agriculture threaten the Cerrado region, which acts as an important carbon dioxide ‘sink’ and helps fend off global warming

    • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
      LexWildfires
      Carbon counter: the cost of wildfires Premium content

      If nature has an economic value, then wildfires linked to climate change must have an economic cost.

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
      Henry Paulson
      Planting trees is not a panacea — we need to save existing forests

      Stopping deforestation is complicated but more important than making pledges that have mixed results

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      Moral Money
      How can investors help save the Amazon? Premium content

      Plus, the UK seeks to hold the finance sector accountable for its role in environmental crimes

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Climate change
      Nestlé and Unilever CEOs: we will make our supply chains deforestation-free

      Net zero will be a pipe dream without a collective effort to conserve and restore the world’s forests

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      A new legal battleground in US abortion wars

      UK advised to ban use of live facial recognition in public spaces

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      Global InsightBryan Harris
      Brazil is letting the Amazon rainforest become lawless

      Murders of British journalist and Brazilian researcher show crime is festering and hindering the fight against deforestation

    • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
      Ukraine war hits global timber trade and adds to risks for forests

      Fears rise that illegal logging will meet demand as protections are loosened and sanctions curb Russian exports

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