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Photo by Vanessa on Unsplash

With stories and puppets, environmentalist battles to save Indonesia's mangroves

Indonesia is home to over a fifth of the world's mangrove forests, which naturally help keep out high tidal waters. But for years, coastal communities have chopped down trees to clear the way for fish and shrimp farms, and for rice paddies.

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Two-thirds of tropical rainforest destroyed or degraded globally, NGO says

Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world's original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals – raising alarm that a key natural buffer against climate change is quickly vanishing.
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Wildlife diseases poised to spread northwards as climate changes

As the world’s climate warms, parasite-carried wildlife diseases will move north, with animals in cold far-north and high-altitude regions expected to suffer the most dramatic increases, warns a study to be published on Friday in the journal Science.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Butterfly populations in the U.S. are plummeting, study finds

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Trump officials push for expanded natural gas exports in Louisiana

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Fossil fuel companies use lawsuits to stall climate action

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Major U.S. banks drop out of climate pledge, raising calls for regulation

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EPA urges White House to eliminate key climate rule

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UN climate talks face tensions over timing of next major report and U.S. withdrawal

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Fossil fuel industry ramps up political spending as investigations stall

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EPA reinstates dozens of environmental justice staff