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Two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have reliable access to fresh water

Bolivia’s second largest lake disappears, due to desertification and contamination

Jakarta governor proposes lighter environmental permitting

77 inspiring rainforest pictures

The week in environmental news – Feb 12, 2016

Can Cutting-Edge Drone Technology Help Answer the Age-Old Question of Bipedalism?

Some Indigenous groups wary of REDD+ following Paris Climate Agreement

Focus on great apes, draws attention from other species, finds study

Secondary forests offer big opportunity to fight global warming

Aceh citizens ask governor to keep bulldozers out of a crucial rainforest

Peruvian Amazon will get wetter and experience more severe floods, threatening wildlife

As the U.S. bans trans fats, palm oil is poised to take over – but at what cost?

Can a virtual fence help protect birds from human structures?

Shocking discovery in Gabon: a new electric fish

Republic of Congo awards two million hectares of timber concessions

Colombia bans mining in its moorlands

Photos: ‘Extremely rare’ baby albino turtle spotted in Australia

Why is Tasmania burning, and why are scientists worried?

In the rush to reforest, are the world’s old-growth grasslands losing out?

Cincinnati-born Harapan the rhino adjusting well to life in Sumatra

Is this Malaysian palm oil firm still destroying forest in Borneo — and selling to Wilmar?

Meet the new spider named after Johnny Cash

What’s that forest worth? Disaster assistance (finally!) takes nature into account

Researchers say you get what you pay for when it comes to payments for ecosystem services

Illegal gold mining pushes deeper into protected Peruvian reserve

‘Where Have All the Animals Gone?’ – a journey through Africa and Asia

Munduruku building new alliances to fight Tapajós Basin dams in Amazon

Drop in commodity prices isn’t necessarily helping indigenous peoples and the environment in Brazil

How can banks spur the palm oil industry toward sustainability?

Geospatial data for the people, by the people

The week in environmental news – Feb 05, 2016

Study finds logging helps black rats invade tropical rainforests, push native species out

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