Tropical forests are at the front line of sustainable development, where critical trade-offs need to be negotiated between climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation, food production and economic development. SEI research work on tropical forests ranges from ecological research to groundbreaking data-driven transparency tools linking impacts of deforestation to global companies and consumer markets.
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Feature / New database will provide a market-leading dataset to support financial institutions to tackle their exposure to deforestation.
Press release / New Trase data shows the rapid expansion of soy plantations across the Cerrado, Pampas and Amazon.
Journal article / This article draws from scholarship on sustainability transitions to propose a more comprehensive systems view of unsustainable land-use patterns.
Media coverage / Over 90% of tropical deforestation is caused by agriculture.
Press release / New study: Halting deforestation will require a step-change in approach and to be effective, measures must address underlying and indirect roles of agriculture.
Perspective / As we decarbonize our energy system, we must also address the harmful public health and environmental impacts of oil and gas extraction.
Perspective / World leaders attending the UN climate talks in Glasgow must commit to stopping commodity-driven deforestation if they are to prevent climate catastrophe.
Journal article / This article explores the issue of tackling deforestation in the Amazon, conceptualizing it as a large-scale collective action problem.
Project / This project applies transitions theory and leverage points research to the problem of persistent forest loss in the tropics.
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