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Deforestation

Urging Multi-Pronged Effort to Halt Climate Crisis, Scientists Say Protecting World's Forests as Vital as Cutting Emissions

As 'Unprecedented Flooding Havoc' Kills Hundreds in Kerala, Indian Scientist Decries 'Man-Made Disaster'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"I hope everyone will learn a lesson from this," says V.S. Vijayan. "Due to climate change, such tragedies are bound to increase... We can take measures to lower the intensity of such impacts."

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Terrifying Trends Collide as Surging Deforestation 'Making World a Hotter, Drier Place'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

fire in Brazil

New data shows climate goals and biodiversity threatened as tropics continue to...

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Over 15,000 Scientists Just Issued a 'Second Notice' to Humanity. Can We Listen Now?

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"Humanity is not taking the urgent steps needed to safeguard our imperiled biosphere," over 15,000 scientists warned in a letter published Monday. (Photo: NASA)

Reassessing warning issued 25 years ago, the "second notice" to humanity warns...

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Federal Court Dismisses RICO and Defamation Lawsuit Against Greenpeace

Mexican Goldman Environmentalist Prize Winner Killed in Latest Attack on Latin American Activists

The Fort McMurray Fire: 'Absolutely a Harbinger of Things to Come'

'On Borrowed Time': Humans Putting One in Five Plant Species at Risk of Extinction

These Six Environmental Heroes are Changing the World. Find Out How.

Indonesia's Deforestation-Fueled Wildfires May Be World's Worst Climate Crisis

Humankind Has Halved the Number of Trees on the Planet

Cutting Tropical Deforestation is Key to Curbing Climate Change

Facing Government Crackdown, Greenpeace India 'Refuses to be Intimidated'

Palm Oil Development Fueling Demise of Biodiversity 'Crown Jewel': Report

Indigenous Groups Occupy Airport Near Amazon Oil Reserves

Environmental Funding Bypasses Indigenous Communities

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Greenpeace

Tens of Thousands Rally to Demand a German Coal Phase-Out

Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Adopts New Sourcing Policy on Wood-Based Fabrics

Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

NGOs Demand Olympic Authorities End Rainforest Destruction and Human Rights Abuses Connected to Tokyo 2020 Olympics Construction

Amazon Watch

Tested, Cost-effective, and Practical: Secure Community Land Rights Can Help Protect the Earth and Prevent the Climate Crisis

Worldwatch Institute

Evidence Links Family Planning with Improved Environmental Outcomes

Greenpeace

Brazilian Soy Moratorium Renewed Indefinitely

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Andy Rowell

From Ophelia to the Amazon: the Unthinkable Becomes Thinkable

Benjamin Dangl

How Top Food Companies Fail to Protect Environmental Activists in Supply Chains

Sue Branford, Maurício Torres

Temer Signs Law That Could See Millions of Acres Lost in the Amazon

GRAIN

20 Years of GM Soy in the Southern Cone of Latin America, 20 Reasons for a Definitive Ban

Dawn Bickett

Eight Ways People are Fighting for Forests this International Day of Forests

GRAIN, Attac Gabon

REDD+ and Carbon Trading Will Not Resolve the Climate Crisis

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