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Ensuring a healthy diet for all will require compromises
Dietary changes could do a world of good to the environment.
‘Sustainable’ palm oil cultivation isn’t sustainable at all
New research shows there is no way to produce sustainable palm oil without deforestation.
IAP: global food systems are faltering
Accelerating climate change is causing food systems to falter around the planet, warns the InterAcademy Partnership.
Pesticides have accumulated in European soil
Pesticides can help protect crops, but they can wreak havoc with ecosystems and damage human health.
IPBES: increased biofuel use could drive biodiversity loss
Bioenergy can play a role in meeting climate mitigation goals, but that should be a limited role.
The curse of palm oil: tropical forests are disappearing
Oil palm cultivation has been a boon to the economies of Malaysia and Indonesia but a disaster to their natural environments.