Agri-Business
Start-up carbon butter team backed by Bill Gates
U.S. start-up, Savor, has received financial support from Bill Gates for paving the way for the production of synthetic butter...
deforestation
Environment
Brazil and 7 other Amazon nations agree anti-deforestation pledge
Eight countries in South America in which the Amazon Rainforest is located – including Brazil – have agreed a pledge...
Environment
Brazil: Amazon deforestation down by a third in first half of 2023
Brazil has said that deforestation in the Amazon is down by almost 34% in the first half of 2023 when...
Environment
Brazil continues to have the biggest loss of tropical forest area
Global tropical forest loss in 2022 totaled 4.1 million hectares, according to an analysis of satellite data that has been...
Environment
Nestle launches video platform to raise awareness about palm oil supply
Global food company Nestle has today (Wednesday August 11) launched an interactive video platform called 'Beneath the Surface' to raise...
Arable
BNP limits finance to customers of beef or soybean from converted Amazon land
French lender BNP Paribas has said it will no longer provide financing services to customers who grow or buy Brazilian...
Beef
New evidence ‘appears to link’ Brazilian meat giant to Amazon deforestation
New evidence has reportedly emerged that appears to connect JBS – described as the world’s biggest meat company – with...
