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Recent analysis finds cattle ranching is quietly and quickly deforesting huge swaths of rainforest in the heart of Peru. Despite having some of Peru's highest levels of deforestation, its Central Amazon is often overlooked by conservationists and NGOs. Cattle grazing in the area has ramped...
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A Michigan organization is trying to spread some of the world’s biggest trees. At the foot of a giant sequoia in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, two tree experts stepped into harnesses, inched up ropes and headed into the air. Climbing more than 20 stories, they made their way into the...
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New report urges structural reforms to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change and the loss of environmental assets during the next 15 years. The Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) has launched a new report calling for the mainstreaming of poverty, environment and climate issues at...
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Lure of mining for precious metals in South America and Europe is creating new carbon emissions not controlled by international agreement. By Paul Brown in Trun, Bulgaria The collapse of the Soviet Union left Bulgaria achieving in the 1990s what the rest of the world is working hard to...
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