Consumer Goods and Deforestation: An Analysis of the Extent and Nature of Illegality in Forest Conversion for Agriculture and Timber Plantations
Forest Trends Report Series (September 2014) by Sam Lawson for Forest Trends, with contributions from Art Blundell, Bruce Cabarle, Naomi Basik, Michael Jenkins, and Kerstin Canby. Tropical forests continue to disappear at an alarming rate despite growing international recognition of their crucial role in mitigating climate change. Their loss generates nearly 50 percent more greenhouse Read on…
Why we should care about biodiversity conservation
An article by Freddy Pattiselanno and Agustina Y.S. Arobaya, The Jakarta Post. The 51st annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) was held in Cairns, Australia, from July 20 to 24. When the ATBC was founded as the Association for Tropical Biology in July 1962, it aimed to promote and foster Read on…
Generation Y’s savings shortage may hit green investment
An article in Business Green. Generation Y has little interest in challenging unsustainable investment practices, potentially undermining the move to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy. That is the warning contained in new research by think tank Green Alliance and commissioned by Hermes Fund Managers, which outlines how sceptical attitudes towards saving and investment among young people Read on…