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Collagen industry is linked to deforestation in the Amazon

A journalistic investigation carried out by a pool – O Joio e O Trigo with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the British newspaper The Guardian and the British television network ITV – revealed that the animal collagen that is destined for cosmetics companies is taken from animals raised on farms involved in deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado.

➡️ The United Nations meteorological agency announced last Monday (6) that it took a significant step towards the creation of a platform that will allow better monitoring of greenhouse gases, responsible for global warming. 🏭

➡️ The growth of extreme weather phenomena, which are consequences of climate change, could cost Germany a trillion dollars (about R$5,2 trillion) by 2050, according to a study commissioned by the federal government. 💰

➡️ From protected marine areas to environmental impact studies, the unprecedented high seas protection treaty, approved last Saturday (4) after long negotiations between UN members, provides a series of instruments for the conservation of more than half of the oceans that do not belong to any country. Understand the main points of this new preservation instrument. 🌊

➡️ Latin America is about to become an important producer of renewable energy, with an equivalent of one billion solar panels in large-scale projects in operation by 2030. This is what a report from Global Energy Monitor (GEM) says. According to the organization, Brazil is emerging as the leader of the green energy boom. 🌱

➡️ Research by the 5 Gyres Institute, published in Plos One magazine, revealed an unprecedented increase in marine plastic pollution: more than 170 trillion plastic particles float in the oceans. Scientists are calling for a reduction in the production of this polluting material and warn that “cleaning is useless” if plastics continue to be discarded into the environment at the current rate. 😖

➡️ Water and sewage concessionaires will have to prevent water waste and make use of gray and rainwater. This is what is determined by Bill (PL) 175/2020, approved last Thursday (9) by the Senate Plenary, and which now follows presidential sanction. 🚰

➡️ A city the size of Fortaleza is the area with deforestation alerts in the Amazon in February! Data released last Friday (10) by the Deter-B system, from the Institute for Space Research (Inpe), points to 322 km² under threat in the Legal Amazon last month. The accumulated number for the month represents an increase of 61,8% compared to February 2022 and a historic record. 🌳

➡️ Just like in the Amazon, deforestation in the Brazilian Cerrado reached record levels in February, according to official data from Inpe’s DETER surveillance system. 😔

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