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Barclay urged ‘to remove deforestation from supermarket shelves’ without delay

Rules that would help to remove deforestation from supermarket shelves must go ahead “without delay”, a group of cross-party MPs and peers have said. Under Government plans, businesses that have a global turnover of more than £50 million will be ...

21 Mar 2024 at 21:03

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County Derry environmental issues influenced Seamus Heaney's writing

Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy will host a talk shedding light on how the County Derry environment and its pollution influenced Heaney's outlook and writing. It will explore how Heaney’s poems not only focused on nature but also advanced ...

04 Jan 2023 at 14:33

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Brazilian president-elect pledges ‘big fight against deforestation’

Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vowed to fight deforestation as he made a series of public appearances and attended meetings at the UN climate summit in Egypt. Mr da Silva, who in the past year has made an ...

16 Nov 2022 at 15:03

Benedict Cumberbatch feels ‘so hot’ as executive watching forests burn in advert

Benedict Cumberbatch has stripped down to a towel to play a chief executive named Benedict Lumberjack for an advert highlighting the role of pension funds in deforestation projects. The Sherlock actor, 48, can be heard saying ...

17 Dec 2024 at 10:03

UK imports ‘linked to deforestation twice the size of Paris in under two years’

UK imports have been linked to deforestation almost twice the size of Paris since the Environment Act was signed into law nearly two years ago, according to campaigners. Researchers from environmental organisation Global ...

07 Nov 2023 at 11:09

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4 things we all need to stop buying as global wildlife populations fall by 70%

We are all aware of the worrying state of affairs when it comes to the climate crisis and the loss of habitats for our planet’s wildlife. The WWF’s latest Living Planet report reveals population sizes declined by 69% on ...

13 Oct 2022 at 14:48

British shoppers urged to buy Fairtrade chocolate over Easter

British shoppers are being urged to buy Fairtrade chocolate this Easter as the cocoa industry faces turmoil caused by poor harvests. Cocoa prices have soared to new records in recent weeks after extreme weather and ...

27 Mar 2024 at 13:16

UK ‘risks sending mixed signals’ with approach to global deforestation rules

The Government risks sending “mixed signals” with its current approach to developing new rules aimed at preventing global forest loss, MPs have warned. Government plans will see businesses prohibited from using or ...

26 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Sunak wraps up 11-hour Cop28 trip with new deal for UK wind farm

Rishi Sunak has said the UK’s impact at the Cop28 climate summit should not be measured by “hours spent” as he ended his 11-hour visit by announcing new investment for Dogger Bank wind farm. The Prime Minister ...

01 Dec 2023 at 15:49

Pressures on Amazon rainforest could lead to large-scale collapse, study warns

Swathes of the Amazon face pressures that could lead to a “tipping point” by 2050, prompting large-scale collapse of the key forest systems, scientists have warned. A study published in the journal Nature ...

14 Feb 2024 at 16:00

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Amazon deforestation in Brazil ‘down to lowest level since 2016’

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released on Wednesday. It is the largest reduction since 2016, when ...

07 Aug 2024 at 21:17

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Amazon loses a tenth of its vegetation in four decades – report

The Amazon region has lost 10% of its native vegetation, mostly tropical rainforest, in almost four decades, a new report says. From 1985 to 2021, the deforested area surged from 490,000 square ...

02 Dec 2022 at 22:31

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