Can Europe stop tropical deforestation?
Reversing tropical forest loss, which pumps nearly one tenth of all human-caused carbon pollution into the atmosphere each year, is essential if... Read More
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How the EU can help slow deforestation in the tropics: Q&A with Bjørn Thomsen
For more than two decades, Bjørn Rask Thomsen helped make sustainability a pillar of international trade policy in Norway and across much... Read More
Fires devastate women-owned farms in Brazil’s Acre state
A wildfire north of the city of Rio Branco in the Brazilian Amazon state of Acre has consumed farms belonging to several... Read More
The Amazon loses key defender to COVID-19
Robinson López, a lifelong defender of Indigenous rights and the climate, died Friday from complications associated with COVID-19. He was 36 years... Read More
Freakonomics: EII’s Dan Nepstad on the ‘Economics of Saving the Amazon’
August marks the beginning of Amazon fire season, and with deforestation in Brazil on the rise there’s growing anxiety about 2020 being... Read More