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Can REDD+ bring more women into forest conservation?

Can REDD+ bring more women into forest conservation?

Women are historically disadvantaged in forest conservation around the world, with patriarchal traditions being a key factor.

Causes
Forest communities pay the price for conservation in Madagascar
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Forest communities pay the price for conservation in Madagascar

Local and indigenous communities seem to hold the key to protecting both forests and the massive amounts of carbon that they contain — and on which we all depend.

Causes
Oil palm, rubber could trigger 'storm' of deforestation in the Congo Basin

Oil palm, rubber could trigger 'storm' of deforestation in the Congo Basin

Thousands of square kilometers of the world's second-largest rainforest, the Congo Basin, sit on the verge of destruction, according to a new report released today by Earthsight, the London-based non-profit that investigates global environmental issues.

Solutions
Carbon dreams: Can REDD+ save a Yosemite-size forest in Madagascar?
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Carbon dreams: Can REDD+ save a Yosemite-size forest in Madagascar?

When Makira Natural Park launched in 2005, it seemed to present a solution to one of the most intractable problems in conservation: finding a source of funding that could be counted on year after year.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Feet in sandals stand on stone pavers.

Hotter heat waves are sticking around as the planet keeps warming

Flood waters rising next to house boats.

Rising seas may erase land, but not national identity, legal experts say

Equipment pointing toward the sky to communicate with satellites.

Old satellites vital to hurricane tracking will soon stop transmitting data

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Jellyfish floating in the ocean

Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

Green coral on a reef.

EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

Wildfire smoke in the distance with a forested hill in the foreground.

Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE
US Capitol dome touched by early morning sun with trees and a path in foreground.

Senate moves to gut clean energy tax credits as deal nears

Man holding sign that says Not is not the time for business as usual; climate action now.

UN climate talks face growing backlash over corporate influence and stalled action