The growing market for rubber is a major, but largely overlooked, cause of tropical deforestation, new analysis shows. Most of the rubber goes to produce tires, more than 2 billion a year, and experts warn the transition to electric vehicles could accelerate rubber use.
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The U.N. biodiversity conference (COP15) negotiations in Montreal have been moving slowly and under much strain with a target to protect 30% of the world’s land and ocean by 2030 known as 30 by 30 at the forefront. However, although this target is now seen as the cornerstone to finalize a successful global deal to protect nature, […]
Environmentalist George Monbiot argues for the production of food from bacteria fed on hydrogen bypassing photosynthesis. Some warn this techno fix will be taken over by corporations and exclude the world’s traditional peoples.
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