With governments being slow to act against climate changing issues, large corporations are taking initiative. Forty large companies, among them, Cargill, Nestle, Sobeys, and McDonalds, joined the New York Declaration on Forests, on September 23rd, that aims to halve deforestation by 2020 and put an end to it by 2030. Along with these companies, 32 countries also joined. While governments are typically the first to show support for initiatives of this type, it shows great initiative and vision for companies to join. Governments tend to take action slowly, hindered by their governmental regulations and policies. One would hope that these large companies will be able to quickly initiate the change necessary to heal our ailing biosphere. With corporations joining the Declaration, it shows that they aim act as independents from governments in an increasingly globalized world.

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