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Fire in the Amazon tropical forest

Why the Amazon is burning

24 August 2020

With this year’s fires in Brazil set to be the worst yet, find out how deforestation for beef and soy is driving this destruction

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If Amazon is serious about climate change, why is it ignoring tropical forests?

1 May 2020

The lockdown for COVID-19 has seen online retailer Amazon's profits soar - but why don't the company's climate commitments extend to protecting tropical forests?...

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Cattle farm in Amazon, Para, Brazil. Credit: Paralaxis via iStock

Commodity series: No more hiding for the leather industry

20 April 2020

The leather industry was the worst performing in our latest Forest 500 Annual Report. Find out which companies are failing to address tropical deforestation.

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Commodity series: It’s time to beef up action to protect the Amazon

13 March 2020

Conversion for cattle is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon, yet 79% of the Forest 500 companies assessed for beef had yet to make a commitment.