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News - Forests and Climate Change

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)

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)

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)

Ecotopia emerging: sustainable forests and healthy livelihoods go hand in hand

26th Jun 2014
Political scientist Arun Agrawal's research sheds light on the connection between forest health and people's livelihoods. (Wendee Nicole / Mongabay)

As forests are cleared and species vanish, there’s one other loss: a world of languages

8th Jun 2014
A new report shows a direct link between disappearing habitats and the loss of languages. One in four of the world's 7,000 spoken tongues is now at risk of falling silent for ever as the threat to cultural biodiversity grows. (The Guardian 2014)

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