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December 28, 2021

topic:	Deforestation
by:	Sasha Kong

At COP 26, China pledged to plant forests the size of Belgium for each of the next 5 years. But could it overcome the obstacles in its path?

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December 27, 2021

topic:	Sustainable Agriculture
by:	Gerardo Bandera

What foods have the highest environmental impact and what are the best alternatives?

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November 10, 2021

topic:	Climate action
by:	Andrew Getto

Despite being one of the world's largest consumer of fossil fuels, Russia was notably absent from the imperative commitments at COP26.

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November 09, 2021

topic:	Climate action
by:	Ellen Nemitz

At COP26, Latin American countries have come together to promise changes for a greener, more sustainable future.

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November 03, 2021

topic:	Conservation
by:	Ellen Nemitz

The Mountain Marmosets Conservation Program is working to give marmosets a chance to thrive again. FairPlanet spoke to its coordinator and their colleague.

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October 31, 2021

topic:	Pollution
by:	Frank Odenthal

Mountaintop removal mining is one of the most dangerous methods of coal extraction, wreaking havoc both on human health and the environment.

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topic:	Conservation
by:	Bob Koigi

The removal of the Salonga National Park in DR Congo from the List of World Heritage in Danger marks a historic conservation victory.

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topic:	Deforestation
by:	Ellen Nemitz

The climate deal discussed between Presidents Biden and Bolsonaro is alarming environmentalists and activists who doubt the latter's true intentions.

Illegal deforestation at a ranch inside PNCAT, 2019.

topic:	Deforestation
by:	Frank Odenthal

Earthsight, a UK-based NGO, exposed the links between the beef, leather and automobile sectors and the unbridled deforestation of the Chaco in Paraguay.

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December 03, 2020

topic:	Indigenous people
by:	Georg Diez
partner:	THE NEW INSTITUTE

Lottie Cunningham Wren, winner of Right Livelihood Award 2020, fights to protect the rights of the indigenous people and the afro-descendants in Nicaragua.

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November 13, 2020

topic:	Deforestation
type:	Petition
by:	Yair Oded

Sign the petition calling on EU lawmakers to pass laws reducing the EU's forest destruction footprint.

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October 26, 2020

topic:	Poverty
by:	Bob Koigi

The rural poor have traditionally relied on forests to earn a living, but each year an estimated 15 billion trees are cut down.

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October 23, 2020

topic:	Climate Change
partner:	The Beam

Roughly 70% of those impacted by natural disaster are women and children. The new female mayor of Freetown on how move forward in light of climate change.

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October 06, 2020

topic:	Deforestation
type:	Petition
by:	Yair Oded

A new petition calls on the EU to act against the intentional burning and destruction of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil

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September 25, 2020

topic:	Climate action
by:	Ellen Nemitz

Member of the UN's Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, Paloma Costa, speaks about the role of young people in reducing deforestation and carbon emission

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topic:	Sustainable Agriculture
by:	Frank Odenthal

Growing oil palms threatens orangutans and many other endangered species. But it‘s not all black-and-white.

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