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Peru's Controversial Forestry Law Amendment Risks Amazon Deforestation
Peru's Constitutional Court upheld a controversial amendment to its forestry law, eliminating the need for permits to convert forested land, potentially accelerating deforestation and jeopardizing indigenous communities' rights, despite concerns about legitimizing past illegal activities and undermi...
Peru's Controversial Forestry Law Amendment Risks Amazon Deforestation
Peru's Constitutional Court upheld a controversial amendment to its forestry law, eliminating the need for permits to convert forested land, potentially accelerating deforestation and jeopardizing indigenous communities' rights, despite concerns about legitimizing past illegal activities and undermi...
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48% Bias Score
Delhi Launches Four-Year Tree Census to Combat Deforestation
India's Supreme Court ordered a four-year, 44.3 million rupee tree census in Delhi to combat illegal logging and increase green cover, involving detailed species identification, health assessments, and carbon mass calculations for each tree to help meet India's 2070 net-zero emissions goal.
Delhi Launches Four-Year Tree Census to Combat Deforestation
India's Supreme Court ordered a four-year, 44.3 million rupee tree census in Delhi to combat illegal logging and increase green cover, involving detailed species identification, health assessments, and carbon mass calculations for each tree to help meet India's 2070 net-zero emissions goal.
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36% Bias Score
Indonesia's Massive Deforestation Plan for Biofuel and Food Production Threatens Indigenous Groups
Indonesia's plan to clear forests the size of Belgium for sugarcane bioethanol and food crops threatens Indigenous groups and the environment, potentially releasing 315 million tons of CO2 and impacting biodiversity.
Indonesia's Massive Deforestation Plan for Biofuel and Food Production Threatens Indigenous Groups
Indonesia's plan to clear forests the size of Belgium for sugarcane bioethanol and food crops threatens Indigenous groups and the environment, potentially releasing 315 million tons of CO2 and impacting biodiversity.
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60% Bias Score
IUCN Red List Highlights Widespread Threat to Fungal Species
A new IUCN Red List update reveals that nearly one-third of assessed fungal species are threatened with extinction due to human activities like agriculture, deforestation, and urbanization, impacting vital ecosystem services.
IUCN Red List Highlights Widespread Threat to Fungal Species
A new IUCN Red List update reveals that nearly one-third of assessed fungal species are threatened with extinction due to human activities like agriculture, deforestation, and urbanization, impacting vital ecosystem services.
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12% Bias Score
Miombo Woodland's Carbon Storage: A Double Revelation
Ten million fruit bats migrate to Zambia's Kasanka National Park annually, highlighting the Miombo woodland's ecological importance; a recent study revealed it stores 3.7 billion metric tons of carbon, exceeding China's 2023 emissions, prompting a $500 million restoration initiative, yet raising con...
Miombo Woodland's Carbon Storage: A Double Revelation
Ten million fruit bats migrate to Zambia's Kasanka National Park annually, highlighting the Miombo woodland's ecological importance; a recent study revealed it stores 3.7 billion metric tons of carbon, exceeding China's 2023 emissions, prompting a $500 million restoration initiative, yet raising con...
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36% Bias Score
AI-Powered Model Precisely Maps Tropical Deforestation
A new self-learning computer model uses satellite imagery to precisely measure various types of deforestation in tropical forests, differentiating between natural and human-caused losses for improved monitoring and intervention.
AI-Powered Model Precisely Maps Tropical Deforestation
A new self-learning computer model uses satellite imagery to precisely measure various types of deforestation in tropical forests, differentiating between natural and human-caused losses for improved monitoring and intervention.
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36% Bias Score
Brazil's Shrinking Water Resources: A National and Global Crisis
Brazil is facing a severe water crisis due to deforestation, climate change, and poor management, resulting in shrinking water surfaces, water shortages, and economic impacts.
Brazil's Shrinking Water Resources: A National and Global Crisis
Brazil is facing a severe water crisis due to deforestation, climate change, and poor management, resulting in shrinking water surfaces, water shortages, and economic impacts.
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28% Bias Score
Netherlands' Climate Plan Criticized for Ignoring Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss
The Dutch government's Climate Plan 2025-2035 prioritizes unproven carbon capture technology (CCS and BECCS), ignoring warnings from the UN and causing increased deforestation and biodiversity loss through large-scale wood imports, despite rising national CO2 emissions.
Netherlands' Climate Plan Criticized for Ignoring Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss
The Dutch government's Climate Plan 2025-2035 prioritizes unproven carbon capture technology (CCS and BECCS), ignoring warnings from the UN and causing increased deforestation and biodiversity loss through large-scale wood imports, despite rising national CO2 emissions.
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64% Bias Score
Kharkiv Forest Deforestation Fight
Near Kharkiv, Ukraine, residents and environmentalists are protesting the planned deforestation of an 11-hectare pine forest to expand a sand quarry, despite local support and failed mediation efforts; a hearing is scheduled for April 4th.
Kharkiv Forest Deforestation Fight
Near Kharkiv, Ukraine, residents and environmentalists are protesting the planned deforestation of an 11-hectare pine forest to expand a sand quarry, despite local support and failed mediation efforts; a hearing is scheduled for April 4th.
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40% Bias Score
Arakuaa: Turning Plastic Waste into Textile Fibers for Bolivian Indigenous Artisans
Bolivian engineer Grecia Bello developed Arakuaa, a low-cost machine converting recycled plastic bottles into textile fibers, providing a sustainable alternative for indigenous artisans impacted by deforestation in Bolivia's Amazon and Chiquitanía regions, which lost 8 million hectares of forest bet...
Arakuaa: Turning Plastic Waste into Textile Fibers for Bolivian Indigenous Artisans
Bolivian engineer Grecia Bello developed Arakuaa, a low-cost machine converting recycled plastic bottles into textile fibers, providing a sustainable alternative for indigenous artisans impacted by deforestation in Bolivia's Amazon and Chiquitanía regions, which lost 8 million hectares of forest bet...
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24% Bias Score
Brazil's Oil Expansion Undermines Climate Leadership
Brazil, despite hosting COP30 and aiming for emissions cuts, is expanding its oil industry by joining OPEC+ and exploring new reserves, including near the Amazon, raising concerns about its climate leadership despite reduced deforestation.
Brazil's Oil Expansion Undermines Climate Leadership
Brazil, despite hosting COP30 and aiming for emissions cuts, is expanding its oil industry by joining OPEC+ and exploring new reserves, including near the Amazon, raising concerns about its climate leadership despite reduced deforestation.
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52% Bias Score
Colombia's First Indigenous Environment Minister Prioritizes Community-Based Solutions
Lena Estrada Añokazi, a 42-year-old Uitoto woman from the Amazonian La Chorrera, became Colombia's first Indigenous environment minister, promising community-based solutions to deforestation and prioritizing dialogue with all stakeholders.
Colombia's First Indigenous Environment Minister Prioritizes Community-Based Solutions
Lena Estrada Añokazi, a 42-year-old Uitoto woman from the Amazonian La Chorrera, became Colombia's first Indigenous environment minister, promising community-based solutions to deforestation and prioritizing dialogue with all stakeholders.
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32% Bias Score
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