Eco-Business

US-China trade dispute could fuel farm expansion and deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savannah and Amazon rainforest.

The Latin American country seeks to balance its BRICS leadership with pragmatism and broader multilateral goals ahead of COP30.

At the summit in Beijing, Latin American leaders called for closer ties with China and sought new investment and trade opportunities.

For the first time, the G20 group of the world’s biggest economies has reached a multilateral agreement on principles to develop the bioeconomy, but conflicting concepts pose obstacles for traditional communities and can lead to investments in predatory practices.

By Robin Hicks

Thomson Reuters Foundation

By Kevin Damasio

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Solimões River in the Amazon Forest in Brazil

Delegates at COP30 should focus on streamlining climate finance, as a handful of funds with harmonised standards and processes would be better equipped to deliver efficient and accessible funding – and ensure fewer dollars are wasted. By Georgia Hammersley

As Malaysia takes on the Asean Chairmanship in 2025, it has a unique opportunity to champion a bold, legally binding regional framework for environmental rights. Such a framework would protect the people most affected by environmental degradation and hold corporations accountable for transboundary climate harm. By Rayhan Dudayev and Syahrul Fitra

Addressing the global crisis of maritime plastic pollution will require mobilising investment and support to reduce the production of single-use plastics, increasing the lifespan of plastic objects and promoting reuse and reparability. By Romain Troublé

Much like personal identification documents enable citizens to exercise their rights and receive government benefits, a digital nature ID could help establish essential environmental metrics to account for ecosystem services. By Midori Paxton

By Mia Mottley

By Kristine Crous and Kali Middleby

By Chelsea Hodgkins

By Tobias Kind-Rieper

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Particularly for women, access to clean water creates education and economic opportunities.

A Global Witness report has found that more than 200 people were killed for engaging in peaceful protest against corporate mining, logging, agribusiness and poaching activities last year. The trend is growing.

Brazil and the Philippines are the most dangerous countries for activists fighting mining, agribusiness and hydroelectric companies for their rights to land, forests, and rivers, a new report by Global Witness found.

The second-largest city in Colombia has been recognised for its transformation from a city struggling with uncontrolled urban expansion and violence to one that is now held up as a model for sustainable urban innovation.

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Can electronic dance music drive climate action?

When sweaty revellers are cutting shapes on the dance floor, can they be inspired to think about climate change? Dilo and Robin Perkins from DJs For Climate Action tell the Eco-Business Podcast how dance music can drive climate action.

Palm oil farmers working with Natural Habitats

Some environmentalists would argue that there's no such thing as sustainably grown palm oil, because of the crops links to deforestation and human rights abuses. Eco-Business spoke to Monique van Wijnbergen about how palm can be done right.

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