Forest 500 insights

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Is your Christmas dinner driving deforestation?

17 December 2020

Food and gifts given at Christmas often contain ingredients linked to tropical deforestation

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Calling a halt to palm oil deforestation

25 September 2018

Indonesia's forests are under pressure from palm oil expansion. Could the new moratorium help?...

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Not enough is being done

3 September 2018

The latest assessment of progress on the New York Declaration on Forests shows an urgent need for action - we look at what needs to be done.

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The hidden soy in your supermarket trolley

28 August 2018

Do we know when we are eating soy? We asked the experts to explain how soy is hidden in our diets.

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How can sustainable palm oil become the norm?

22 August 2018

Everyone loves orangutans, and everyone thinks we should protect rainforests – prompting more and more companies to commit to sourcing sustainable palm oil. But why then is sustainable palm oil so...

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Spotlight on palm oil - how well do companies perform?

13 August 2018

A new campaign from Greenpeace puts the spotlight on the companies buying palm oil - we look at how they perform.

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Investors add their voices to calls to protect the Cerrado

1 August 2018

How would you feel if you knew that your pension fund or life-savings were being invested in destroying tropical forests and other important wildlife habitats? That they were funding the expansion of...

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