https://www.scmp.com/rss/510482/feed Michal Zrust is founder and director of Lestari Capital, a Southeast Asia-based impact-focused enterprise. With over 20 years of expertise working in the conservation, biodiversity and corporate sustainability space across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, he leads Lestari Capital’s strategy for the sustainable commodities sector. He is an invited expert and representative on numerous technical and governance bodies for certification systems, including the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The impact of deforestation in Southeast Asia is startling. The region continues to have among the highest rates of deforestation on the planet, having lost 14.5 per cent of forests over the past 15 years. From 2001 to 2019, the Philippines recorded 86 per cent of tree cover loss driven by deforestation. In Indonesia, 74 million hectares of rainforest have been lost in the last 50 years, largely driven by the commodities sector. Meanwhile, Malaysian Borneo has lost forest cover twice as fast as... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3143645/cop26-chance-slow-commodities-driven-deforestation-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3143645/cop26-chance-slow-commodities-driven-deforestation-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:00:23 +0000