Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015

By Mongabay.com
02 Jan 2015
2014 was a landmark year for tropical rainforests, with dozens of major companies committing to eliminating deforestation from their supply chains, the launch of new platforms for monitoring forests, and sharp drop in clearing in the Brazilian Amazon, among other big developments, Mongabay.com reported.
 
The news portal then highlighted 10 issues and trends that may develop for tropical forests in 2015, namely:
  1. Zero deforestation commitments
  2. Jokowi’s forest commitments
  3. What’s happening in the Brazilian Amazon?
  4. Will Paris produce a binding climate framework?
  5. Where are the new deforestation hotspots?
  6. Falling commodity prices
  7. Myanmar
  8. Dams in the Amazon
  9. RSPO and zero deforestation
  10. Jurisdictional initiatives
 

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