Author: Marco Garcia, Deforestation-free supply chains team  AidEnvironment’s real-time deforestation monitoring (RDM) system has detected a recent clearing inside SLC Agricola’s Fazenda Palmares located in Barreiras municipality, Bahia state, Brazil. This farm and an earlier case of native vegetation loss linked to a fire event have been reported by AidEnvironment and included in Earthsight’s recently published Fashion Crimes investigation.   The […]

Article drafted by Kikundwa Anne & Lukwago Brian In Lwakhakha, Uganda, women are the primary users of cookstoves, often bearing the responsibility of securing cooking fuel like wood and charcoal to prepare meals for the family. Most of the households in the Lwakhakha sub-region rely on traditional cookstoves that burn wood and charcoal. However, these fuels are inefficient, costly, and unhealthy. Traditional cooking emits carbon monoxide and other toxic fumes that are harmful to human health, leading to many deaths each year. Women […]