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EU's VPA Cancellation Threatens Liberia's Forestry Reforms

Liberia, after a civil war, reformed its forestry sector, canceling logging concessions, implementing a moratorium, and creating a transparent tracking system for timber. The EU's potential cancellation of the VPA threatens this progress, endangering communities, endangered species, and economic sta...

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Endangered Bornean Elephants: Conservation Efforts in Sabah

Fewer than 1,000 Bornean elephants remain in the wild, primarily in Sabah, Malaysia, facing endangerment due to habitat loss from logging and palm oil plantations, resulting in human-elephant conflict and 131 elephant deaths (2010-2020); Dr. Farina Othman's conservation project aims to create wildli...

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\"US-China Trade War Fuels Record Amazon Deforestation in Brazil\"\

Punitive US tariffs against China in 2018 triggered a surge in Brazilian soybean exports, leading to record-high soybean prices and a 15-year peak in Amazon deforestation exceeding 13,000 square kilometers in 2021, exacerbated by Bolsonaro's environmental policies; however, recent decreases in defor...

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ESA Launches Biomass Satellite to Map Forest Carbon Storage

The European Space Agency launched the Biomass satellite, equipped with a P-band synthetic aperture radar, to create 3D maps of the world's forests and measure carbon storage, providing crucial data to understand and mitigate climate change over the next five and a half years.

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ESA's Biomass Satellite to Precisely Measure Global Forest Carbon

The European Space Agency launched the Biomass satellite to precisely measure global forest carbon storage and dynamics using advanced radar technology, providing crucial data for climate change research and prediction, especially in understudied regions like the Amazon rainforest.

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ESA Launches Biomass Satellite to Measure Global Forest Biomass

The European Space Agency launched the Biomass satellite to measure global forest biomass using advanced radar technology, addressing the current lack of precise data on forest carbon storage and its role in climate change.

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Merz Confirmed as German Chancellor After Unprecedented Second Ballot

Friedrich Merz, Germany's prospective Chancellor, unexpectedly failed to secure an absolute majority in the first Bundestag ballot (310 for, 307 against, needing 316), but secured the position in the second ballot (325 for, 289 against), marking a historic first in post-war Germany.

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Albania's Logging Moratorium: A Decade of Deforestation

In northern Albania, despite a 2016 moratorium, illegal logging continues, with companies like Alxhef exploiting loopholes to supply high-quality timber to international markets like Italy and the US, raising concerns about forest depletion and weak enforcement of regulations.

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ESA Launches Biomass Satellite to Study Earth's Forests and Carbon Cycle

The European Space Agency launched the Biomass satellite on Tuesday from Kourou, New Guinea, to study the world's forests and improve understanding of the planet's carbon cycle using a P-band synthetic aperture radar, a first-of-its-kind technology in space.

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Biomass Satellite to Revolutionize Forest Carbon Monitoring

The European Space Agency's Biomass satellite, launching Tuesday from Kourou, French Guiana, will use radar to measure carbon stored in Earth's forests, overcoming previous limitations by penetrating clouds and canopies to provide unprecedented accuracy in climate change modeling.

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ESA Launches Biomass Satellite to Map Global Forest Biomass for Improved Climate Modeling

The ESA launched the Biomass satellite to measure global forest biomass using a novel radar system, addressing the need for precise data to improve climate change models and predictions; the mission, costing nearly €500 million, will map forests six times over five and a half years.

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JBS, Despite Deforestation Concerns, Approved for NYSE Listing

The Securities and Exchange Commission approved JBS, the world's largest meatpacking company with a history of links to Amazon deforestation, for a New York Stock Exchange listing despite criticism from environmental groups and 15 US senators; a JBS subsidiary donated $5 million to Donald Trump's in...

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