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Illegal Cattle Ranching Fuels Luxury Handbag Production: Amazon Deforestation Linked to Italian Tanneries
An Earthsight investigation reveals that illegal cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon, responsible for massive deforestation, including in the Apyterewa indigenous territory, is linked to two major Italian tanneries supplying leather to luxury brands like Fendi, Kering, and Chanel, highlighting t...
Illegal Cattle Ranching Fuels Luxury Handbag Production: Amazon Deforestation Linked to Italian Tanneries
An Earthsight investigation reveals that illegal cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon, responsible for massive deforestation, including in the Apyterewa indigenous territory, is linked to two major Italian tanneries supplying leather to luxury brands like Fendi, Kering, and Chanel, highlighting t...
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48% Bias Score
EU Deforestation Regulation Faces Weakening Pressures as Deforestation Continues at Alarming Rate
Driven by unsustainable consumption, deforestation is destroying 30 soccer fields of forest every minute, impacting food security and climate; the EU's new regulation faces weakening pressures.
EU Deforestation Regulation Faces Weakening Pressures as Deforestation Continues at Alarming Rate
Driven by unsustainable consumption, deforestation is destroying 30 soccer fields of forest every minute, impacting food security and climate; the EU's new regulation faces weakening pressures.
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48% Bias Score
Forest Ecosystem Collapse Threatens Global Stability
A new IUFRO study warns that the collapse of forest ecosystems, driven by factors such as agriculture, urbanization, wildfires, and political polarization, will destabilize societies and economies globally, impacting livelihoods, climate regulation, and carbon sequestration; the study calls for a so...
Forest Ecosystem Collapse Threatens Global Stability
A new IUFRO study warns that the collapse of forest ecosystems, driven by factors such as agriculture, urbanization, wildfires, and political polarization, will destabilize societies and economies globally, impacting livelihoods, climate regulation, and carbon sequestration; the study calls for a so...
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48% Bias Score
Philippines' Greening Program: Deforestation Exposes 'Greenwashing'
The Philippines' National Greening Program, launched in 2011, aimed to plant 1.8 billion seedlings across 2 million hectares; however, satellite imagery reveals that 4% of the land experienced deforestation, highlighting issues with implementation and oversight, including 'greenwashing' of unsustain...
Philippines' Greening Program: Deforestation Exposes 'Greenwashing'
The Philippines' National Greening Program, launched in 2011, aimed to plant 1.8 billion seedlings across 2 million hectares; however, satellite imagery reveals that 4% of the land experienced deforestation, highlighting issues with implementation and oversight, including 'greenwashing' of unsustain...
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60% Bias Score
Indonesia and France Strengthen Strategic Partnership with New Agreements
French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Indonesia from May 27-29, 2025, resulted in agreements on defense cooperation (including the procurement of strategic weapons), environmental protection (with collaboration on forestry and climate change mitigation), and the development of Indonesia's elec...
Indonesia and France Strengthen Strategic Partnership with New Agreements
French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Indonesia from May 27-29, 2025, resulted in agreements on defense cooperation (including the procurement of strategic weapons), environmental protection (with collaboration on forestry and climate change mitigation), and the development of Indonesia's elec...
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32% Bias Score
Record Forest Loss in 2024: Uncontrolled Fires Devastate Tropical Rainforests
Uncontrolled fires caused a record 6.7 million hectares (16.6 million acres) of primary tropical forest loss in 2024, an 80% increase from 2023, primarily driven by the worst drought in the Amazon rainforest's history and exacerbated by agricultural expansion and conflict in several countries.
Record Forest Loss in 2024: Uncontrolled Fires Devastate Tropical Rainforests
Uncontrolled fires caused a record 6.7 million hectares (16.6 million acres) of primary tropical forest loss in 2024, an 80% increase from 2023, primarily driven by the worst drought in the Amazon rainforest's history and exacerbated by agricultural expansion and conflict in several countries.
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36% Bias Score
Bolivian Wildfires Force Indigenous Community Displacement
The Tie UƱƔ Ayoreo community in Bolivia's Santa Cruz region has been displaced for three years after wildfires destroyed their homes and land, highlighting the impact of deforestation and lack of government support on indigenous communities.
Bolivian Wildfires Force Indigenous Community Displacement
The Tie UƱƔ Ayoreo community in Bolivia's Santa Cruz region has been displaced for three years after wildfires destroyed their homes and land, highlighting the impact of deforestation and lack of government support on indigenous communities.
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24% Bias Score
Colombia Sees 33% Drop in Deforestation in First Quarter of 2025
Colombia's deforestation dropped 33% in the first quarter of 2025 to 27,000 hectares, compared to 40,219 hectares in early 2024, due to stronger community coordination and a crackdown on environmental crime; however, illegal activities continue to threaten protected areas.
Colombia Sees 33% Drop in Deforestation in First Quarter of 2025
Colombia's deforestation dropped 33% in the first quarter of 2025 to 27,000 hectares, compared to 40,219 hectares in early 2024, due to stronger community coordination and a crackdown on environmental crime; however, illegal activities continue to threaten protected areas.
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40% Bias Score
Italian Forests: A Positive Trend Under Threat
Italian forests, totaling 11 million hectares, absorb 53 million tons of CO2 yearly (14% of national emissions), but face threats from climate change and require active management, with only 15% currently planned. This positive trend, however, is threatened by climate change and extreme weather.
Italian Forests: A Positive Trend Under Threat
Italian forests, totaling 11 million hectares, absorb 53 million tons of CO2 yearly (14% of national emissions), but face threats from climate change and require active management, with only 15% currently planned. This positive trend, however, is threatened by climate change and extreme weather.
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40% Bias Score
How to Save the Amazon" Published Following Journalist's Murder
British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered in the Amazon on June 5, 2022, while researching a book on protecting the rainforest; their deaths spurred the completion of Phillips's book, "How to Save the Amazon," published three years later, offering in...
How to Save the Amazon" Published Following Journalist's Murder
British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered in the Amazon on June 5, 2022, while researching a book on protecting the rainforest; their deaths spurred the completion of Phillips's book, "How to Save the Amazon," published three years later, offering in...
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48% Bias Score
Salgado's Amazon Reforestation: A Model for Ecological Restoration
SebastiĆ£o Salgado and his wife have replanted 2.7 million trees on their 750-hectare farm in Brazil, aiming to plant one million more, revitalizing the soil and demonstrating large-scale ecological restoration.
Salgado's Amazon Reforestation: A Model for Ecological Restoration
SebastiĆ£o Salgado and his wife have replanted 2.7 million trees on their 750-hectare farm in Brazil, aiming to plant one million more, revitalizing the soil and demonstrating large-scale ecological restoration.
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44% Bias Score
Brazil's Record Forest Loss in 2024: Wildfires Fueled by Climate Change
Brazil experienced its worst year for forest loss since 2016, losing 2.8 million hectares of old-growth forest due to wildfires exacerbated by record-breaking global temperatures, while globally, wildfires caused almost half of the 30 million hectares of forest loss in 2024.
Brazil's Record Forest Loss in 2024: Wildfires Fueled by Climate Change
Brazil experienced its worst year for forest loss since 2016, losing 2.8 million hectares of old-growth forest due to wildfires exacerbated by record-breaking global temperatures, while globally, wildfires caused almost half of the 30 million hectares of forest loss in 2024.
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36% Bias Score
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