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The cost of protecting forests globally could rise
"The global forestry sector can provide a really substantial chunk of the mitigation needed to hit global climate targets."
Carpathian Convention: A call to protect European forests
"The impacts will only intensify, damaging not just ecosystems, but societies and economies," warns UNEP's Inger Andersen. "Member states must get ahead of the game before it gets worse,"
Nice to have known you? Newly discovered langurs are facing extinction
The newly described primate has been named after Mount Popa, a sacred pilgrim site in Myanmar.
Indigenous people in Borneo seek to save their forests
“Enough is enough,” a villager living in an area where logging has been rampant. “We want the trees to grow back.”
Parks and public health: Study finds less smoking in green neighborhoods
"Nature-based interventions could be prescribed to assist individuals attempting to give up smoking," says lead author Leanne Martin.
Deforestation and climate change could ‘doom the Amazon’
Already the Amazon is receiving less rain than previously as a result of a changing climate.