Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will end land clearance in Brazil’s Amazon region. But powerful forces profit from rainforest destruction.
If China progressively increases production and becomes a consistent net exporter of maize, South Africa would have to explore markets elsewhere.
A satellite captured large and small deforestation patches in Amazonas State in 2015. The forest loss has escalated since then.
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More than 100 world leaders have pledged to end the destruction of forests by 2030 as a way to slow climate change. That will require changing how the world produces four widely used commodities.
Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, at the launch of the National Green Growth Program in Brasilia, Brazil.
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Forests provide an essential buffer between people and wildlife — and the viruses they carry. Global agriculture is destroying forests, harming biodiversity and may be putting human life at risk.
A dairy cow grazes on the lawns in front of Parliament House in Canberra in 2015, as part of an industry event.
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Pressure is mounting on Australia’s dairy farmers, from farm gate prices to animal welfare concerns, and technology that could produce milk without cows.
As Brazil struggles through a political and economic crisis, its soybean farmers are thriving. Their growing clout could trigger new deforestation and undercut the nation’s climate change pledges.
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