Forests.org: Agriculture Links (XML/RSS)

working across the world’s tropical forest margins to raise the productivity and income of poor rural households without increasing deforestation or undermining essential environmental services

Greenpeace report exposes McDonald's complicity in Amazon rainforest destruction through their use of illegally produced soya produced on deforested lands to raise their meat (pdf)

a UNEP report which details the state of emergency in Indonesia's National Parks including illegal logging, fire and oil palm (pdf)

September, 2008 issues focusing on the dangers of monoculture tree plantations

a report published by the African Biodiversity Network about the impacts on biofuel production and plans in Africa, with case studies from Benin, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia; looking at deforestation, other ecosystem destruction, land rights and food sovereignty

discusses the impacts of increasing production including river pollution, soil erosion, and deforestation; a case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database

a discussion of deforestation due expressly to cattle ranching with special attention paid to Costa Rica, a case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database

a case study focusing on Guatemalan coffee and the benefits of shade grown coffee, from American University's Trade and Environment Database

a report that analyzes the impact of striving to achieve the goal of reducing deforestation on the US agricultural economy (pdf)

a report about the environmental effects of the rapid spread of soya, whose oil is primarily used in the production of biofuels and animal feeds

provides information about the direct impacts of large scale monocultures, specifically soy, on people's lives and the environment in Paraguay

report by WWF which explores the impacts of agricultural practices on the environment and biodiversity conservation (pdf)

an article that presents alternatives to expansion of agriculture into the rainforest suggested by the private sector

promotes a regenerative agriculture system using alley cropping with Inga trees as an alternative to intensive slash-and-burn techniques which destroy rainforests

from Greenpeace International, a site from which you may download a report on the issue of deforestation by the cattle sector of the Brazilian economy

a website about the threat which sugar cane ethanol poses to the Tana River Delta in Kenya, with links to a letter writing campaign

a coalition that shares a common concern for the ways timber plantations impact on biodiversity, human communities, natural landscapes and ecosystem health - particulary in South Africa

a report that identifies the latest solutions for mitigating the impacts of land use practices on climate change and that provides best-practice guidance for project activities (pdf)