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Carbon credits: Amazon initiative attracts $160m for projects covering 17m ha of threatened rainforest

Everland, a specialised conservation marketing organisation in the climate change mitigation business, has secured Letters of Intent totaling $160 million from companies seeking to...

How Europe’s demand for rubber destroys Cameroon’s rainforest, threatens forest dwellers’ livelihood

“When they destroyed the forest, they were actually destroying our homes.” Moise Ndjelee sits on a bamboo-made chair, surrounded by other Baka who squat...

EU import bans to protect rainforests worldwide to enter into force

The European Union is to ban the import of products such as coffee, wood and palm oil if forests have been cleared for their...

China urged to lead campaign against illegal logging in Congo Basin

The transformation of the Congo Basin timber trade into one significantly influenced by 20 key Chinese trading companies offers a golden opportunity to  contribute...

Rainforests hold key to taming El Niño destruction

Healthy forests protect our climate and moderate our weather. As the ‘Godzilla’ El Niño builds in the weeks ahead of Paris talks, it is...

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Katsina children raise alarm over climate-linked school hazards

Children from the Child Rights Advocacy Club in Mashi Local Government Area of Katsina State have raised serious concerns...
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ACReSAL surpasses midpoint targets, eyes expansion as Lagos review opens

At the opening of a three-day strategic review in Lagos, Nigeria’s flagship climate resilience initiative, the Agro-Climatic Resilience in...

Inger Andersen: Gearing up for a year of multilateral action

Speech delivered by Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the 173rd meeting of the Committee...

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Katsina children raise alarm over climate-linked school hazards

Children from the Child Rights Advocacy Club in Mashi...

ACReSAL surpasses midpoint targets, eyes expansion as Lagos review opens

At the opening of a three-day strategic review in...