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From declining deforestation to quitting coal, Indonesia marks a pivotal 2022

Isabel Esterman Home to the world’s third-largest expanse of tropical forest, the world’s fourth-biggest population, and frequently ranked among the world’s top 10 greenhouse […]

M 01/04/2023 / Mongabay

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Biodiversity

Ethiopia’s honey forest: People and wildlife living in sweet harmony

Ed Holt Ethiopia has lost large swathes of its forest cover in recent decades, including areas cleared for coffee plantations. Ironically, Ethiopia — including Gura […]

M 10/21/2022 / Mongabay

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Indigenous people get less than 1% of climate funding? It’s actually worse (commentary)

Torbjørn Gjefsen  The lead author of a Rainforest Foundation Norway report showing how little funding goes to Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) for […]

M 11/20/2021 / Mongabay

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Biodiversity

Palm oil cultivation in India can lead to biodiversity and wildlife loss, especially in rich Northeast India

Rupsy Khurana  In India the fear is that if plantations are expanded it could magnify the wildlife and habitat loss crisis. This will be […]

M 08/19/2021 / Mongabay

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U.N. declares decade of ecosystem restoration to ‘make peace with nature’

Liz Kimbrough United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration launched by U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The goal: to prevent, […]

M 06/12/2021 / Mongabay

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