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Can a nation replace its oil wealth with trees?

Can a nation replace its oil wealth with trees?

Gabon knows its oil won’t last forever, so officials are turning to the Central African nation’s rainforest for revenue — while also promising to preserve it.
Honduran paramilitaries violently infiltrate land rights groups

Honduran paramilitaries violently infiltrate land rights groups

The paramilitaries are targeting campesinos who are battling a corporate palm oil giant. But the armed groups, residents say, don’t act alone.
Animal viruses are jumping to humans. Forest loss makes it easier
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Animal viruses are jumping to humans. Forest loss makes it easier

New research from Stanford University holds lessons for a world reeling from the coronavirus and searching for ways to avert the next global pandemic.
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