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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.

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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.

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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
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Fossil fuel industry seeks legal shield from climate lawsuits

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California regulators push back against car dealers' campaign on emissions rule

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Ecuador ordered to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil drilling

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Gloved hands holding a globe of the earth with a small plant growing from the top.

Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

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US Supreme Court clears way for climate lawsuits against Big Oil

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Farmers face funding cuts as Trump administration reconsiders climate-linked grants

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Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head