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The California Deforestation-Free Procurement Act Is Reintroduced In California To Protect Our Forests & Endangered Species - Environmental News Feb 2022

Posted 15 Feb 2022 in Environmental News

Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) and bill co-sponsors, Peace 4 Animals, Friends of the Earth, and SCIL announced the reintroduction ...

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As Indonesia retakes land from developers, conservation is an afterthought - Environmental News Feb 2022

Posted 03 Feb 2022 in Environmental News

-President Joko Widodo’s administration announced in early January that it was canceling millions of hectares worth of logging, plantation, and ...

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Human rights must be at heart of new biodiversity framework, experts say - Environmental News May 2021

Posted 26 May 2021 in Environmental News

- A new study by the ICCA Consortium, an international conservation association, says human rights must be included in conservation ...

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Indonesia’s bid to control deforestation wildly off-target, experts say - Environmental News Apr 2021

Posted 25 Apr 2021 in Environmental News

- Indonesia aims to transform its forests into a carbon sink by 2030 by reducing deforestation and increasing reforestation, as ...

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Deforestation in Indonesia hits record low, but experts fear a rebound - Environmental News Mar 2021

Posted 23 Mar 2021 in Environmental News

- The deforestation rate in Indonesia last year fell by 75% to its lowest level since monitoring began in 1990, ...

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Ending tropical deforestation is vital to public health, scientists say - Environmental News Feb 2021

Posted 06 Feb 2021 in Environmental News

- Deforestation in the tropics, mostly caused by agriculture, is driving an increased rate of pathogen spillover from wildlife to ...

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Indonesia’s biofuel bid threatens more deforestation for oil palm plantations - Environmental News Dec 2020

Posted 31 Dec 2020 in Environmental News

- The Indonesian government says it will need to establish new oil palm plantations ...

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How do we avert global warming, extinctions and pandemics? New app has answers - Environmental News Sep 2020

Posted 07 Sep 2020 in Environmental News

• A new online platform shows where best to protect land in order to ...

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