From beef to chocolate, illegal deforestation found behind many everyday foods
The Hindu
In Indonesia, at least 81% of forested land cleared to produce palm oil is estimated to be illegal, the report said.
Nearly 70% of tropical forests cleared for cattle ranching and crops such as soybeans and palm oil were deforested illegally between 2013 and 2019, , warning of the impact on global efforts to fight climate change. Illegal logging was behind the loss of 4.5 million hectares of forest — an area the size of Denmark — on average each year in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa, said the report by U.S.-based nonprofit Forest Trends. “If we don’t urgently stop this unlawful deforestation, we don’t have a chance to beat the three crises facing humanity – climate change, biodiversity loss and emerging pandemics,” said Arthur Blundell, report lead co-author and an advisor to Forest Trends, which works on economic tools to protect ecosystems.More Related News