Deforestation
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Protected areas see continued deforestation but at a reduced rate, OSU research shows
A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a "protected…
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Deforestation: a constant threat to Latin America
According to reports from the World Wildlife Fund, there are 9 fronts on which deforestation in Latin America is advancing…
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Gran Chaco: the second largest forest in the world, in danger
Although the Amazon is on everyone's lips, the South American forest that follows it in size, and that treasures valuable…
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Why do poor Amazonians go hungry?
Poorer rural Amazonians are going hungry despite living in one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet, a new…
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Is your coffee contributing to malaria risk?
20 percent of the malaria risk in deforestation hot spots is driven by the international trade of exports including coffee…
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Environment friendly toilet paper could change the world
The manufacturing of toilet paper devastates forests around the world, it is necessary to find more ecological forms of this product.
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Colombia would plant 180 million trees
President Iván Duque said that by 2022, the coffee nation will have planted 180 million trees to help save the…
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Sustainable forest management: cutting trees and preserving the forest
Given the fact that trees grow every year, the extraction of a volume smaller than timber production allows the forest…
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Environment
Indigenous groups can really battle deforestation
A study finally shows how Peruvian forest loss declined after indigenous groups were granted titles to their land.
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Environment
90% of our primates are threatened
Colombia is the third country with most primate species in the region, but most of them are threatened by deforestation,…
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