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TOPSHOT - This aerial view shows a deforested farm in Yanonge, 60 km from the town of Kisangani in Tshopo province, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on September 1, 2022. (Photo by Guerchom Ndebo / AFP) (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Carbon-offsetting schemes may not actually prevent deforestation

An analysis of 18 large carbon-offsetting projects has found that most don't significantly reduce deforestation compared with areas not covered by the schemes

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View on deforested land in the northeast of department Santa Cruz, where a single tree is left. After Brazil and DR Congo, Bolivia has the third highest deforestation rate of primary tropical forests.??From 1976 to 2021, it lost 8,6 million hectares, fourteen percent of its forests according to Fundacion Amigos de la Naturaleza NGO. This is??an area as big as the size of Austria. The country ranks 12th among all countries in biodiversity, but it's rapidly losing its animal and plant species.?? Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 2022

Comment

Striking photo of lone tree is stark warning about Bolivia’s future

Regulars

Environment

Bolivia's surging deforestation alarms environmentalists

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Environment

The European Union's new plan to curb deforestation is deeply flawed

Analysis

Environment

Amazon deforestation has begun to slow since Lula took over in Brazil

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First beauty products made with synthetic palm oil go on sale

Environment

First beauty products made with synthetic palm oil go on sale

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The Amazon rainforest in Brazil

Environment

Deforestation is reducing rainfall all over the tropics

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A gold mine in Bolivar state in the south of Venezuela

Environment

Deforestation in Venezuela surges as gold miners ransack the Amazon

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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaking at COP27

Environment

COP27: Brazil's Lula promises zero deforestation in the Amazon by 2030

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Brown howler monkeys in open grassland

Life

Monkeys and lemurs are coming down from the trees as climate warms up

Rising temperatures and deforestation are pushing tree-dwelling primates to spend more time on the ground in search of shade and water

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Environment

Guatemala’s rainforest is expanding thanks to community efforts

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Environment

Amazon deforestation in April was the worst in modern records

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Environment

Swapping fifth of meat for microbial protein could halve deforestation

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Environment

Global forest destruction continues despite COP26 deforestation pledge

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