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Battling desertification: Bringing soil back to life in semiarid Spain

Restoring degraded forests may be key for climate, study says

Cut down once again: Uncontrolled logging puts new Sahel reforestation projects at risk

World Bank still backs coal in Asia, despite climate claims, report reveals

Forest restoration can fare better with human helping hand, study shows

Salinity hinders Bangladesh agriculture; groups respond with seeds & information

South Africa community members decry traditional leaders’ power amid mine plans

Conservationists work to restore last remnant of a once-great Ugandan forest

Communities not the true threat to Mabira Forest: Q&A with Ugandan conservationist Achilles Byaruhanga

New concession in Botum Sakor National Park handed to Cambodia’s Royal Group

Getting the bread: What’s the environmental impact of wheat?

For Caatinga’s last jaguars and pumas, wind farms are the newest threat

Oil palm and balsa plantations trigger deforestation in Ecuadorian Amazon

Philippines’ largest freshwater wetland and Indigenous livelihoods face multiple threats

Even community stewardship can’t save rangeland beset by legacy of misrule

Cambodian conglomerate sparks conflict in Botum Sakor National Park

New Tree Tech: Real-time, long-term, high-tech reforestation monitoring

Forests in the furnace: Cambodians risking life and liberty to fuel garment factories

New Tree Tech: Cutting-edge drones give reforestation a helping hand

New Tree Tech: Data-driven reforestation methods match trees to habitats

New Tree Tech: AI, drones, satellites and sensors give reforestation a boost

Degraded, but not defunct: Modified land still has wildlife value, study says

Nearly 85% of Indonesian peatlands aren’t protected, study shows

Can Spain keep the rising sea from washing away a critical delta?

Element Africa: Ghanaian communities challenge mining regulation and Shell spills more oil in the Niger Delta

Sounds of the soil: A new tool for conservation?

Element Africa: offshore oil threatens fisheries, gold mining topples homes and forests

Seas of grass may be dark horse candidate to fuel the planet — or not

Jatropha: The biofuel that bombed seeks a path to redemption

To restore Brazil’s Cerrado, planting trees is a bad option, experts say

In Brazil, scientists fight an uphill battle to restore the disappearing Cerrado savanna

A liquid biofuels primer: Carbon-cutting hopes vs. real-world impacts

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