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The main culprit is the expansion of soya cultivation, especially in Santa Cruz department. The government pays lip service to the need to preserve the Amazon biome but adopts a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282778
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Although an annual regional problem, this year's haze is particularly severe, and implies growing risks for businesses and governance.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206083
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Wildfires in Bolivia.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246175
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The wider adoption of net-zero targets by private companies creates further demand for new carbon credits, including from forests. However, the expanding market for carbon credits…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261727
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Under the governorship of opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho, Santa Cruz is insisting that land demarcation is a local responsibility. A recent meeting between the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263695
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Temperatures reached 47 degrees Celsius -- the severest heatwave since 1987. About 100,000 hectares of forest were reduced to ashes in just two weeks in Attica, Evia and the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263549
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In Amazonia, deforestation increased by 25% year-on-year in the first half of 2020. The situation has led large institutional investors, corporations and foreign governments to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256215
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During last month’s UN General Assembly, President Jair Bolsonaro unsuccessfully argued that his government was controlling deforestation in the Amazon region. Reports indicate…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265043
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Food security and land management.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245967
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Long droughts and longer summers due to climate change are lengthening the wildfire season. Yet wildfires are just one in a series of environmental crises that highlight the…