Major soy traders including Cargill, ADM and Bunge are withdrawing from the Amazon Soy Moratorium — a shift observers warn could drive deforestation up 30% by 2045.

Backed by agribusiness-linked groups and politicians, the move may give land speculators a “green light” to clear rainforest, even as forest loss threatens rainfall, crop yields and long-term market stability.

by Fernanda Wenzel
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/amazon-deforestation-may-rise-30-as-major-traders-exit-historic-soy-pact/

#news #amazon #forests #deforestation #climate #agribusiness

Major soy traders including Cargill, ADM and Bunge are withdrawing from the Amazon Soy Moratorium — a shift observers warn could drive deforestation up 30% by 2045.

Backed by agribusiness-linked groups and politicians, the move may give land speculators a “green light” to clear rainforest, even as forest loss threatens rainfall, crop yields and long-term market stability.

by Fernanda Wenzel
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/amazon-deforestation-may-rise-30-as-major-traders-exit-historic-soy-pact/

#news #amazon #forests #deforestation #climate #agribusiness

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Deforestation in Colombia appears to have declined in 2025, with notable reductions in several departments like Meta, Caquetá and Guaviare.

Officials attribute the declining trend to collaboration with Indigenous communities and environmental zoning in rural areas, as well as ecotourism and a program providing financial incentives for communities involved in forest conservation.

By Maxwell Radwin

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/colombia-poised-for-another-drop-in-deforestation-in-2025-data-show/

#news #conservation #environment #deforestation #forests #Colombia

Deforestation in Colombia appears to have declined in 2025, with notable reductions in several departments like Meta, Caquetá and Guaviare.

Officials attribute the declining trend to collaboration with Indigenous communities and environmental zoning in rural areas, as well as ecotourism and a program providing financial incentives for communities involved in forest conservation.

By Maxwell Radwin

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/colombia-poised-for-another-drop-in-deforestation-in-2025-data-show/

#news #conservation #environment #deforestation #forests #Colombia

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Major soy buyers plan to exit the Amazon Soy Moratorium, a voluntary pact that kept deforestation-linked soy out of global supply chains for nearly 20 years.

Critics warn the move could undo hard-won gains, especially in Mato Grosso, where deforestation is rising despite national declines.

by Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/soy-giants-drop-amazon-no-deforestation-pledge-as-subsidies-come-under-threat/

#news #amazon #conservation #soy #deforestation #environment

Major soy buyers plan to exit the Amazon Soy Moratorium, a voluntary pact that kept deforestation-linked soy out of global supply chains for nearly 20 years.

Critics warn the move could undo hard-won gains, especially in Mato Grosso, where deforestation is rising despite national declines.

by Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/soy-giants-drop-amazon-no-deforestation-pledge-as-subsidies-come-under-threat/

#news #amazon #conservation #soy #deforestation #environment

After Cyclone Senyar killed more than 1,100 people across Sumatra, Indonesia’s government is now linking disaster impacts to development and corporate activity, launching audits of 100+ companies and reviews of zoning plans.

Civil society welcomes the shift, but warns real reform depends on revising permissive zoning that enables large-scale forest conversion.

by Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-launches-sweeping-environmental-audits-after-sumatra-flood-disaster/

#news #deforestation #Indonesia #cyclonesenyar

After Cyclone Senyar killed more than 1,100 people across Sumatra, Indonesia’s government is now linking disaster impacts to development and corporate activity, launching audits of 100+ companies and reviews of zoning plans.

Civil society welcomes the shift, but warns real reform depends on revising permissive zoning that enables large-scale forest conversion.

by Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-launches-sweeping-environmental-audits-after-sumatra-flood-disaster/

#news #deforestation #Indonesia #cyclonesenyar

#Deforestation climbs in #CentralAmerica ’s largest biosphere reserve

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/deforestation-climbs-in-central-americas-largest-biosphere-reserve/

> Encompassing some 7,400 square kilometers, or 2,860 square miles, along the Honduran border, Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere Reserve is the largest biosphere reserve in Central America. It’s home to the Miskito and Mayanga Indigenous groups as well as countless species; endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) and Baird’s tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) inhabit Bosawas, as do critically endangered Saslaya moss salamanders (Nototriton saslaya), that are found nowhere else in the world.

EU legislation intended to fight deforestation has been effectively dismantled

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/31/eu-legislation-intended-to-fight-deforestation-has-been-effectively-dismantled

Law’s original author points to removal of obligations for downstream traders to verify origin of commodities

#WarOnEnvironment #EU #Deforestation #Toothless #Legislation #Politics #Ecocide #Profit #Capitalism

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