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What do forest rights have to do with climate change?

24th Jul 2014
Deforestation is a major cause of global warming, and so we all have a stake in helping these communities defend their resources from wealthy ranchers, loggers, miners, farmers and drug traffickers. (David Kaimowitz / Ford Foundation)

When languages die, ecosystems often die with them

16th Jul 2014
You probably know that much of the world's environment is under threat. But a new study says languages are disappearing alongside plants and animals. (Source PRI)

World Bank and UN carbon offset scheme ‘complicit’ in genocidal land grabs - NGOs

3rd Jul 2014
Plight of Kenya's indigenous Sengwer shows carbon offsets are empowering corporate recolonisation of the South. (The Guardian)

Concerns as PNG prepares to return land to traditional owners

1st Jul 2014
Community groups have welcomed the Papua New Guinea Government's announcement it will abolish special agricultural business leases. (Australia Network News)

High carbon dioxide levels cause warming in tropics

29th Jun 2014
Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause warming not only at high latitudes but also across tropical regions, according to new research. (Science Daily)

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