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MPs have ignored huge pressure from citizens, celebrities, campaigners and the House of Lords to vote against an amendment that would see food standards upheld by law in trade deals.
The results of the Big Butterfly Count 2020 show a 34 per cent drop on last year reflecting ‘perilous’ state of UK wildlife and effect of warm spring.
Land use change including deforestation for agriculture may increase the risk of future pandemics caused by diseases originating in animal hosts, a new study has found. The findings, published in science journal Nature, found global changes in land use are disrupting the balance of wild animal communities, and benefiting species carrying diseases known to infect humans.
Companies could have to prove that they do not source cocoa, rubber, soy and palm oil from areas of illegal deforestation under new supply chain law.
Sustainable oat milk brand Oatly is facing criticism and delistings over its choice of investment from Blackstone, a private equity firm with alleged links to deforestation and donations to the Trump campaign.
Issue 12: Fairness and five years.
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