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Mondelez International, Inc. ( / ˌmɒndəˈliːz / MON-də-LEEZ ), [3] styled as Mondelēz International, is an American multinational confectionery, food, holding, beverage and snack food company based in Chicago. [4] Mondelez has an annual revenue of about $26.5 billion and operates in approximately 160 countries. [5]
Deforestation is defined as the conversion of forest to other land uses (regardless of whether it is human-induced). Deforestation and forest area net change are not the same: the latter is the sum of all forest losses (deforestation) and all forest gains (forest expansion) in a given period. Net change, therefore, can be positive or negative ...
Deforestation is a primary contributor to climate change, [1] [2] and climate change affects the health of forests. [3] Land use change, especially in the form of deforestation, is the second largest source of carbon dioxide emissions from human activities, after the burning of fossil fuels. [4] [5] Greenhouse gases are emitted from ...
Mondelez International (NAS: MDLZ) is fresh off its recent corporate break-up. It boasts one of the best snack-brand portfolios in the industry, as well as massive global growth opportunities. But ...
Biodiversity loss happens when plant or animal species disappear completely from Earth ( extinction) or when there is a decrease or disappearance of species in a specific area. Biodiversity loss means that there is a reduction in biological diversity in a given area. The decrease can be temporary or permanent.
Deforestation in Bolivia, in June 2014 Deforestation in the Maranhão state, Brazil, in July 2016. The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km 2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's largest rainforest. It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests.
Mondelez said last week that first quarter sales and profits surged 18.1% and 17.3%, respectively, from a year ago. The gains reflect strong demand for Oreos and Chips Ahoy cookies despite price ...
Ecological resilience. Lake and Mulga ecosystems with alternative stable states [1] In ecology, resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and subsequently recovering. Such perturbations and disturbances can include stochastic events such as fires, flooding, windstorms, insect ...