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Most of the Brazilian population lives along the coast, a region originally occupied by the Atlantic Forest. Over the years, life in the concrete jungle has erected a wall between people and their connection with…
Life hangs in the balance in Tsitongambarika, Madagascar’s anti-extinction frontline It’s nearing midnight, when our guide, Andry, darts into the undergrowth. In the velvet dark of the forest, lit only by the sharp…
The Forest Defenders Conference, organized by the Earth Rights International and Not One More, in August 2018 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, brought together environmental defenders, non-governmental organizations, media…
Tropical rainforests are an irreplaceable gift. Not only do they exhibit nature in its most exquisite beauty, they are planetary life support systems that provide billions of people with food, shelter, livelihoods…
As 63-year-old farmer Mahmoud Hamidoune shelters from the rain hammering down on the peaks of the southern tip of Anjouan island in the Comoros, he recalls a time when it got so cold that people would stay home,…
José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment Throughout history, times of crisis have yielded extraordinary innovation and social cooperation.…
Leo Heileman, UN Environment Regional Director Living on a healthy planet is a fundamental right of every human being. We cannot postpone the benefits of environmental democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean…
A battle is raging in the courts, on the ground and in the hearts and minds of many Germans over a remnant of ancient forest which a local mining company wants to clear to extend a lignite mine. Coal is among the…
As the World marks United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation on 12 September, preparations are under way for a major step forward in the global South – cooperation on protecting tropical peatlands. In a…
Almost 1,000 participants joined the Global Landscape Forum’s GLF Nairobi 2018 We must restore at least 12 million hectares annually simply to reach land degradation neutrality. A U.N. decade devoted to promoting…
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