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Out on a limb: Unlikely collaboration boosts orangutans in Borneo
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Out on a limb: Unlikely collaboration boosts orangutans in Borneo

In the heart of Indonesian Borneo, a dwindling population of orangutans is getting a new lease on life thanks to a group of wildlife rescuers and medical professionals who have joined forces.

Altered forests threaten sustainability of subsistence hunting
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Altered forests threaten sustainability of subsistence hunting

The way humans have changed the forests of Central and South America may be making it impossible for subsistence hunters to continue their way of life, according to two conservation scientists.

Land rights, forests, food systems central to limiting global warming: Report
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Land rights, forests, food systems central to limiting global warming: Report

Land-based options offer the best solutions to help nations meet their Paris carbon reduction goals and limit warming to 1.5 degrees C, says study in response to new IPCC climate report.
Recovering conservationist: Q&A with orangutan ecologist June Mary Rubis
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Recovering conservationist: Q&A with orangutan ecologist June Mary Rubis

Orangutans face a bleak future in Borneo, hammered by habitat loss to plantations and mines, poached for the illegal pet trade, and exterminated by farmers.

'It's our home': Pygmies fight for recognition as forest protectors in new film

'It's our home': Pygmies fight for recognition as forest protectors in new film

The word “pygmy" conjures images of hunter-gatherers living deep in the Congo rainforest, far removed from the modern world. But that modern world is closing in on them, as the forests in which they live fall to provide the rest of the world with timber and make way for huge industrial farms.

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