Gibbs Lab

2025
The Climate Observatory \| Article on SEEG methodology wins award from scientific journal.
The Commons \| He's Green: In both music and research, undergraduate student Raines Lucas has a green future.
2024
La Silla Vacía \| Las vacas en la Amazonía pasan por muchas manos antes de ser sacrificadas.
La Silla Vacía \| ¿Qué tiene que ver el asado de fin de año con la Amazonía?
Mongabay \| La ley de la UE contra la defirestación pone presión sobre la ganadería colombiana.
Raya Revista \| "Ganadería sostenible" en Colombia: un sello vacío frente a la deforestación.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism \| Slash and Carry: Shippers ‘enabling’ beef-driven forest destruction.
Context \| Why the world’s biggest beef exporter can’t quit its cattle habit.
Washington Post \| Environmental groups condemn new laws threatening soybean restrictions in Brazil’s Amazon.
Dialogue Earth \| The sick children of Brazilian agriculture.
Solidaridad Assuming The Challenge Of Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Across Different Countries, Commodities & Contexts.
Wisconsin Energy Institute \| Abandoned farmlands could play a role in fighting climate change. A new study shows exactly where they are.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver \| Corn
Grist \| Who's behind the destruction of Brazil's Cerrado?
Context \| Why the world’s biggest beef exporter can’t quit its cattle habit
2023
Center for High Throughput Computing \| How the GLUE Lab is bringing the potential of HTC to track the movement of cattle and land use change
Minneapolis Star Tribune \| Cargill speeds up timeline to end deforestation in Brazil. Will it be enough?
Reuters \| Brazil child cancer deaths linked to soy farming, study finds
Mongabay \| Study links pesticides to child cancer deaths in Brazilian Amazon & Cerrado
DW \| Child cancer deaths in Brazil: Is soy farming to blame?
The Messenger \| Half of Childhood Leukemia Deaths in Brazilian Amazon Linked to Soy Production
Morning Ag Clips \| Soy Expansion in Brazil Linked to Increase in Childhood Leukemia Deaths
O GLOBO \| Pesticidas da soja mataram 123 crianças no interior em 11 anos, diz estudo
Med India \| Childhood Cancer Deaths Linked to Indiscriminate Pesticide Use in Brazil
Time News \| The Unhealthy Link Between Pesticides and Leukemia in Children: Study Reveals Troubling Findings in Brazil
Publico \| Metade das mortes de crianças por leucemia ligadas ao cultivo de soja na Amazónia e no Cerrado
Down To Earth \| Hike in soy production in Brazil linked to higher child cancer deaths, finds study
GM Watch \| Child cancer deaths in Brazil: Is GMO soy farming to blame?
New Scientist \| Pesticides in soya farming may be behind leukaemia deaths in Brazil
The Guardian \| 'Everything is parched’: Amazon struggles with drought amid deforestation
Quartz \| Takeaways from AP’s reporting on an American beef trader’s links to Amazon deforestation
AG Web \| Cattle Still Recovering with Cash, S&P Supportive: Soybeans Rally on China Talk, Lower Brazil Estimates, Corn Tries to Follow
New Scientist \| Pesticides in soya farming may be behind leukaemia deaths in Brazil
Veg News \| Childhood Cancer Deaths in Brazil: Is Meat to Blame?
ANI \| UP's Ananda Dairy ties up with Brazilian firms for cattle breed improvement
Go Skagit \| How an American meat broker is fueling Amazon deforestation
MSN \| Scientists developed a new cattle breed that could be a game-changer
Brown Field \| USDA FAS Lowers Brazil corn guess
AP News \| How an American meat broker is fueling Amazon deforestation
Reuters \| Brazil child cancer deaths linked to soy farming, study finds
New Scientist \| Pesticides in soya farming may be behind leukaemia deaths in Brazil
EurekAlerta! \| Soy expansion in Brazil linked to increase in childhood leukemia deaths
The Messenger \| Half of Childhood Leukemia Deaths in Brazilian Amazon Linked to Soy Production
Made for Minds \| Child cancer deaths in Brazil: Is soy farming to blame?
O Globo \| Pesticidas da soja mataram 123 crianças no interior em 11 anos, diz estudo
Publico \| Metade das mortes de crianças por leucemia ligadas ao cultivo de soja na Amazónia e no Cerrado
News Wise \| Soy expansion in Brazil linked to increase in childhood leukemia deaths
Alerta Tolima \| Cadenas de producción libres de deforestación el reto para los ganaderos colombianos
CONtexto Ganadero \| Trazabilidad ganadera internacional: casos de éxito y claves para la lucha contra la deforestación
Forbidden Stories \| The Amazon Cut: How Beef Linked to Deforestation is Exported to Europe by Major Companies
Vox \| The alarming decline of Earth’s forests, in 4 charts
Wisconsin Public Radio \| Ethanol production poses harm to endangered species, Wisconsin scientist says
Mongabay \| A Twitter bot tracks meat production in the Brazilian Amazon
La Republica \| ¿Qué medidas se tomarán ante suspensión del servicio de gas al suroccidente del país?
2022
O Eco \| Sai a floresta, entra o pasto: Amazônia (des)protegida
Nature News \| Brazil election: Scientists cheer Lula victory over Bolsonaro
Vox \| “Dirty” cows are destroying the Amazon rainforest
Time \| Politicians Are Touting Corn Ethanol as a Climate Solution. The Truth Is More Complicated
Wisconsin Public Radio \| Report: Long-term affects of farmland conversion
Mongabay \| Beef is still coming from protected areas in the Amazon, study shows
The Hill \| New study casts doubt on ethanol’s climate benefits
National Wildlife Federation \| Peer-Reviewed Research: Ethanol Mandate an Unmitigated Disaster for People, Wildlife
Washington Post \| Demand for meat is destroying the Amazon. Smarter choices at the dinner table can go a long way to help.
The Counter \| Corn ethanol was supposed to help the climate. Instead, its production may have made things worse
Civil Eats \| How Corn Ethanol for Biofuel Fed Climate Change
The Guardian \| ‘Loophole’ allowing for deforestation on soya farms in Brazil’s Amazon
Wisconsin State Journal \| Ethanol no better than gasoline, study finds; UW scientists seek better plant fuels
Bloomberg \| Ethanol Less Green Than Gas, Study Funded by Biofuel Critics Says
UW News \| At bioenergy crossroads, should corn ethanol be left in the rearview mirror?
Reuters \| U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds
BBC \| Veg diet plus re-wilding gives ‘double climate dividend’
Bloomberg \| How Big Beef Is Fueling the Amazon’s Destruction
2021
Just Style \| New project said to be the largest to map leather supply chains
National Geographic \| How can the most endangered ecosystem in the world be saved?
The Guardian \| The five biggest threats to our natural world … and how we can stop them
Washington Post \| E.U. seeks to block import of commodities that drive deforestation
New York Times \| How Americans' appetite for leather in luxury SUVs is worsening Amazon deforestation
National Wildlife Federation \| Pulse of the Heartland
Popular Science \| World leaders promise to end deforestation. Is that even possible?
The Bueau of Investigative Journalism \| Loophole lets soya farmers tear down the Amazon
Mongabay \| Deforestation-free beef stymied by Brazil’s unequal supply chain
2020
Mongabay \| Soy moratorium averted New Jersey-size loss of Amazon rainforest
Bloomberg Green \| Bloomberg Green - Why It’s So Hard to Stop Amazon Deforestation, Starting With the Beef Industry
Reuters \| One Brazilian farmer tried – and failed – to ranch more responsibly in the Amazon
Forbes \| Rotten Apples Could Spoil Brazilian Soybean Exports
The Guardian \| A fifth of Brazilian soy in Europe is result of deforestation
BBC \| Amazon soya and beef exports ‘linked to deforestation’
CNN \| Brazil’s beef and soy exports to the EU linked to illegal deforestation, study finds
Reuters \| A fifth of EU soy imports from Brazil could be tainted by deforestation
Phys \| Revealing Brazil’s rotten agribusinesses
Mongabay \| Only a few ‘rotten apples’ causing most illegal Brazil deforestation
Hellenic Shipping News \| A fifth of EU soy imports from Brazil could be tainted by deforestation
Medium \| The rotten apples of Brazil’s agribusiness
New Food \| Study reveals scale of illegal soy and beef exports from Brazil to EU
The Cattle Site \| Amazon deforestation linked with soya and beef production
Merco Press \| A fifth of Brazilian soy exports to EU may have come from illegally deforested land
Eco Debate \| 20% da soja e carne exportadas para a UE podem estar vinculadas ao desmatamento ilegal
UOL \| Cerca de um quinto da soja e carne brasileiras vêm de desmatamento
La Vanguardia \| Soja y vacuno que los europeos compramos a Brasil a costa la Amazonia
D Noticias \| Até um quinto da soja exportada do Brasil para a UE deriva da desflorestação ilegal
G1 \| Soja e carne exportadas do Brasil para UE podem ter rastro de desmate ilegal
Jornal do Comercio \| Desmatamento pode contaminar 20% da soja e 17% da carne exportadas à Europa
Green Report \| Le mele marce dell’agribusiness brasiliano
Green Me \| Un quinto della soia europea viene dalla deforestazione in Brasile
Klima Reporter \| Brandbeschleuniger Handel
Tagesspiegel \| EU importiert zwei Millionen Tonnen Soja von illegal gerodeten Flächen
La Croix \| Au Brésil, on déforeste illégalement pour exporter le soja vers l’Europe
Villes et Communes \| Brésil: 20 % des exportations vers l’Europe proviennent de la déforestation illégale
The Economist \| How big beef and soya firms can stop deforestation
The Commons \| SAGE associate professor and Geography graduate research fellow publish three papers on carbon stocks
Christian Science Monitor \| Saving the Amazon: How cattle ranchers can halt deforestation
On Wisconsin \| Earth’s Bright Future
The Guardian \| Meat company faces heat over ‘cattle laundering’ in Amazon supply chain
2019
New York Times \| Why Did a Vow to End Amazon Fires Falter? Blame ʻCattle Launderingʼ
Mongabay \| Brazilian beef industry plays outsized role in tropical carbon emissions
Nature \| The crop that’s gobbling up a vast Brazilian ecosystem
Mongabay \| Giant Norway pension fund weighs Brazil divestment over Amazon deforestation
Mongabay \| Cargill rejects Cerrado soy moratorium, pledges $30 million search for ideas
2018
Science News \| New global study reveals the ‘staggering’ loss of forests caused by industrial agriculture.
Mongabay \| Do environmental advocacy campaigns drive successful forest conservation?
Mongabay \| Zero-deforestation pledges need help, support to meet targets, new study finds
Press release \| Avoided Deforestation Linked to Environmental Registration of Properties in the Brazilian Amazon
2017
E & E News \| Land conversion for crops drives climate change — study
Reuters \| U.S. biofuels policy contributes to global warming: study
World Wide Fund for Nature \| 23 Global Food Companies Commit to Preserve Brazil’s Cerrado Savanna
O Eco \| Os portões do desmatamento
Reuters \| Shady slaughterhouses, ‘cow laundering’ drive spike in Amazon deforestation
New York Times \| Amazon Deforestation, Once Tamed, Comes Roaring Back
Stanford News \| Biofuels boom could fuel rainforest destruction
Stanford News \| Most new farmland comes from cutting tropical forest
Pacific Standard \| A Rainforest-Protection Policy That Really Works
Mongabay \| Amazon deforestation linked to McDonald’s and British retail giants
2016
Ecosystem Marketplace \| Soy Sector Extends Moratorium On Amazon Soy. Now, Can They Expand It?
The Washington Post \| North America’s grasslands are slowly disappearing — and no one’s paying attention
2015
Thomas Reuters Foundation \| Brazil meatpackers show supply-chain rules can protect forests
Portland Business Journal \| Preventing the conversion of Pacific Northwest grasslands offers big climate benefits
Think Progress \| Brazilian Ranchers Aren’t Cutting Down As Much Forest Anymore. Here’s Why
KTIC Radio \| Cropland conversion could have troublesome effect on conservation
E&E News \| Major meatpacking company keeps its ‘zero-deforestation’ promise — study
Bloomberg \| Crop-Price Plunge Helps Hunters as Pheasants Fly in South Dakota
Mongabay \| Corporations rush to make zero-deforestation commitments, but is it working?
Star Tribune \| In Minnesota's farm country, clean water is costly
Estado de S. Paulo \| Acordos por pecuária sem desmatamento são eficazes, mostra estudo
NPR Market Place \| The environmental cost of corn
VRLO \| Zero Deforestation Agreements Show Impact In Brazilian Beef Industry
Minnesota Public Radio \| Study: Minn. converted more wetlands than any other state when crop prices spiked
Spiegel \| Brasilien: Millionen Hektar Regenwald durch Soja-Anbau in Gefahr
Folha \| “Soya Moratorium” Helped Reduce Amazon Deforestation, Study Finds
Grist \| Can cheaper corn change the way we farm?
Science Daily \| Brazil’s soy moratorium still needed to preserve Amazon
O Globo \| Pecuária pode avançar na Amazônia sem aumentar desmatamento
Science 2.0 \| Cattle Ranchers And Policy Agreements In Brazil Lead To 10X Decline In Deforestation
The Cattle Site \| Curbing Rainforest Destruction is Work in Progress
Época Magazine Blog \| Pressão dos frigoríficos reduziu desmatamento no Pará
Diario de Cuiaba \| Pesquisadores defendem importância
Die BauernZeitung \| Soja-Moratorium erfolgreich im Schutz des Regenwald
Revista Globorural \| Pesquisadores defendem moratória da soja na revista Science
Oeco \| Pesquisadores defendem extensão da moratória da soja
Estado \| Cientistas defendem prorrogação da moratória da soja na Amazônia
The Christian Science Monitor \| How Brazilian beef industry became latest ally in fight against deforestation
Mongabay \| Brazil’s soy moratorium dramatically reduced Amazon deforestation
The Guardian \| Brazil beef industry pledges cut Amazon deforestation
2013
In Common \| Forces against deforestation, continued
2012
Wisconsin Public Radio \| Relationship between land-use change and bioenergy
Reuters \| Amazon forest destruction slowing - Brazil
Nature Climate Change \| Measurement challenges
Nature \| Farm focus for saving trees
2010
Stanford News \| Most new farmland comes from cutting tropical forest
PBS Wisconsin \| Algae Fuel
Stanford News Service \| Most new farmland comes from cutting tropical forest, says Stanford researcher
2009
Science News \| What Lies Beneath: Studies link deforestation to geology and agricultural demand
KQED \| Algae Power
Stanford News Service \| Biofuels boom could fuel rainforest destruction, Stanford researcher warns
2008
United Nations Conference of Parties \| Prof Gibbs speaking at a press conference

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