Global Deforestation
This section is intended to collect data on the current status of global deforestation. This is accomplished through the utilization of APIs, databases, news sources, MapBuilders, and academic journals.
Global forest loss map
Credits: University of Maryland, department of geographical sciences.
Results from time-series analysis of Landsat images characterizing forest extent and change.
Trees are defined as vegetation taller than 5m in height and are expressed as a percentage per output grid cell as ‘2000 Percent Tree Cover’. ‘Forest Cover Loss’ is defined as a stand-replacement disturbance, or a change from a forest to non-forest state, during the period 2000–2019. ‘Forest Cover Gain’ is defined as the inverse of loss, or a non-forest to forest change entirely within the period 2000–2012. ‘Forest Loss Year’ is a disaggregation of total ‘Forest Loss’ to annual time scales.
Reference 2000 and 2019 imagery are median observations from a set of quality assessment-passed growing season observations.
News List
Green Fuel's Dirty Secret: Amazon Deforestation Links
In a troubling revelation, a Texas refinery praised for its contributions to sustainable aviation fuel is found entangled in the web of Amazon deforestation. Diamond Green Diesel, a joint venture by Darling Ingredients and Valero Energy, utilizes cat... [760 chars]
Brazil Seeks Swift U.S. Response on Trade Tariff Discussions
The Brazilian government is pressing the United States for a swift response to its proposal to resolve a 50% tariff imposed on Brazilian goods. After a meeting in Washington with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vi... [651 chars]
Brazil awaits US reply on tariff plan after Vieira
São Paulo [Brazil], November 14 (ANI): The Brazilian government expects the United States to deliver, as early as possible, a response to Brasilia's proposal to resolve the 50% tariff imposed by Washington on Brazilian products. The information was d... [2948 chars]
Berlin enters deforestation debate with call to delay, review EU law
The German government has ended weeks of uncertainty over its stance on the EU’s deforestation law by formally backing a one-year delay and a 2026 review that could yet fully reopen the legislation, according to an internal document seen by Euractiv.... [2165 chars]
Drifting towards a new normal
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Omnibus: EPP dismantles centrist pact to pass green-rule cuts with far right
Scoop: Berlin backs delay of EU deforestation la... [11724 chars]
Once a global leader on climate action, the EU has given in to the right’s green-bashing
Climate action has long been a flagship European policy. As negotiators gather in Brazil for Cop30, however, Europe’s leadership risks faltering. Things were very different a decade ago in Paris, when a landmark deal to limit global heating to 1.5C w... [5689 chars]
COP30 climate pledges favor unrealistic land-based carbon removal over emission cuts, says report
An analysis of national climate plans released today at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil warns that countries are failing to carry out core work required to reduce emissions by halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation, and are ins... [3838 chars]
EU Anti-Deforestation Law Stalls Soybean Market, Causes Price Uncertainty
The uncertainty surrounding the European Union's anti-deforestation legislation has stalled the soybean meal market, French animal feed manufacturers reported on Thursday. They have urged lawmakers to postpone the bill to avoid potential disruptions ... [693 chars]
European Parliament backs simplification of EU's anti-deforestation rules
European lawmakers backed on Thursday a proposal to slash due diligence requirements for business operators under the European Union's anti-deforestation law, after pressure from industry groups and countries outside Europe claimed the law was too bu... [4903 chars]
How Wind Energy Can Cater J&K’s Energy Demand
Raman Sharma
jkrtiact@gmail.com
Jammu and Kashmir is known for its mountains, meadows and rivers, but hidden within this beauty lies another kind of power, the power of the wind. Though blessed with sunshine, water and biomass, the region still faces... [5451 chars]
News API sources: NewsCatcher & GNews