Rare Earth Frontiers, a recent book from Julie Michelle Klinger, is a work of human geography that serves to demystify the powerful elements that make possible the miniaturization of electronics, green energy and medical technologies, and essential telecommunications and defense systems. Klinger draws attention to the fact that the rare earths we rely on most are […]
In response to the extensive loss of forests caused by soy and cattle expansion in South America, national governments have increased their legal restrictions on deforestation and passed new legislation to further their enforcement of conservation efforts. A potential concern is that the new laws, which are geographically restricted, will generate spillover agricultural activity and […]
The expansion of soy and cattle production has caused extensive deforestation in South American biomes such as the Amazon, the Cerrado, the Atlantic Forest and the Gran Chaco. This has prompted the emergence of new environmental governance initiatives, including: reducing the amount of forest that can be legally cleared, improving the ability of enforcement agencies […]
By R.D. Garrett, M.T. Nilesb, J.D.B. Gila, A. Gaudin, R. Chaplin-Kramer, A. Assmann, T.S. Assmann, K. Brewere, P.C. de Faccio Carvalho, O. Cortner, R. Dynes, K. Garbach, E. Kebreab, N. Mueller, C. Peterson, J.C. Reis, V. Snow, J. Valenti Agricultural Systems, 2018.