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Evie Calder & Alexandria Reid / March 21, 2023

Money talks: the financial sector must raise its voice to save the world’s forests

This year, the UK, EU, and US will all consider the introduction of new laws capable of preventing the financing of deforestation. Financial leaders should be voicing their support for this vital legal change.
Alexandria Reid / March 8, 2023

Financial Services and Markets Bill holds the key to ending UK financing of deforestation, say Lords across the political spectrum

The House of Lords has a rare opportunity to change financial regulation for the better, securing the future of the world’s forests – and the people and wildlife who depend on them
Ashley Thomson / Feb. 10, 2023

Three ways Lula and Biden can work together to fight deforestation

Today, Brazilian President Lula will meet with President Biden in DC. Perhaps the most important topic discussed will be how the two countries can work together to protect the Amazon rainforest
Ashley Thomson / Jan. 26, 2023

Tackling global forest loss: What the US can do

This year could see the US move to finally prioritize action on global deforestation. Trade and financial flows must be at the top of the to-do list
Marco Mantovani / Jan. 23, 2023

Out with the old and in with the new: What Brazil’s new president means for forests and environmental defenders

Newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sent a clear message about his commitment to increase environmental protections, fight deforestation and protect those who defend the environment
Veronica Oakeshott / Dec. 21, 2022

Companies can’t just walk away from their polluting assets – they must remedy their destruction

When companies simply sell damaging assets on, they are doing nothing to stop those practices from happening in future
Charlie Hammans / Dec. 15, 2022

The biodiversity crisis cannot end until governments tackle deforestation financing at home

As world leaders return from COP15 in Montreal, we're asking them to put plans before their parliaments to stop the flow of money from big banks to the companies destroying our vital tropical forests, home to an estimated 80% of the world’s biodiversity
Giulia Bondi / Dec. 13, 2022

A new chapter to stop the EU’s complicity in global deforestation is about to start

In the early hours of 6 December 2022, the EU reached an historic agreement to halt and reverse its substantial role in global deforestation
Veronica Oakeshott & Alexandria Reid / Dec. 12, 2022

MPs show cross-party support for ending the financing of deforestation in UK

MPs support new due diligence regulations by backing an amendment to the Financial Services & Markets Bill to prevent UK financial institutions bankrolling deforestation
Marina Comandulli & Alexandria Reid / Nov. 18, 2022

Dead end: ambitious deforestation targets and human rights not included in agribusiness climate roadmap

Fourteen of the world’s largest agribusinesses have released a new climate plan which falls far short of eliminating their role in human rights abuses and deforestation

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