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Deforestation

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

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

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

The devastating wildfire in Fort McMurray, Canada appears to be losing its intensity, as weather conditions improve for firefighters and initial assessments of staggering damage trickle in. Meanwhile, awareness of the massive fire's significance in the context of climate change continues to spread.

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

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

Human activity, from the razing of forests to the spewing of carbon, has...

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

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

A young woman from inner city Baltimore; a Cambodian anti-logging activist; a...

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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

Groups: Time Is Now To End 'Shocking Degradation' of World's Forests

US, Brazil Nearing Approval of Genetically Engineered Trees

Local Protectors Who Save Forests Are Saving the Planet, Too

Petition Calls on Brazilian President to Veto 'Catastrophic' Forest Code

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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

Earthjustice

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Effort to Overturn Tongass National Forest Protections

350.org

Nile Day emphasizes continued water scarcity experienced throughout Nile Basin

Center for Biological Diversity

New Study: Obama Administration Has Dramatically Increased Use of Obscure Provision to Weaken Federal Protections for Threatened Species

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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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