Investors Protest Deforestation As The Amazon Tipping Point Approaches
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The Belém Investor Statement on Rainforests has been endorsed by 33 investment firms that in aggregate manage over $3 trillion as of the 20th of October: it’s open to signatories until November first. Their goal is for COP30 to adopt in earnest a cessation of deforestation by 2030 and prevent further loss of ecosystems consistent with previous international agreements. We’re drawing nearer to ecological tipping points that will cause global and irreversible damage once crossed and this group of investors recognize our precarious, untenable situation. Manaus, 4th Oct 2023 – A mixed area of fields and Amazon rainforest is burning uncontrollably, while nearby residents attempt to contain the flames. (Photo by Gustavo Basso/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images One third of our preindustrial forest cover has been lost with another third degraded, and as this loss is driven largely by industry and agriculture, global capital can play its part if it wishes. The investors who signed this petition are imploring governments to take legislative action, while the signatories themselves avow to take their own initiative; to do their part these funds will research their relevant markets and select for partners that similarly prioritize the minimization and eventual eradication of deforestation. They explain how exposure to commodities produced on deforested land create material vulnerabilities across global investment and lending portfolios. They give some examples to which I’d personally like to add rubber: beef, soy, palm oil, timber, pulp and critical transition minerals. These are everyday products for many of us and the individual can only do so much to ultimately alter the broader ecological impact of our modern livelihoods. Agriculture drives deforestation. Investors can prioritize sustainable practices and partners to end this ongoing catastrophe. Global Forest Review, Global Forest Watch, World Resources Institute When everything that we consume is…
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