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Protecting water by conserving forests puts communities in Mexico to the test

As climate-driven drought slams farms in U.S. West, water solutions loom

From flood to drought, Brazil’s Acre state swings between weather extremes

As populations grow, how will thirsty cities survive their drier futures?

A world of hurt: 2021 climate disasters raise alarm over food security

Cerrado desertification: Savanna could collapse within 30 years, says study

Study puts 2050 deadline on tipping point for Mekong Delta salinity

Amazon and Cerrado deforestation, warming spark record drought in urban Brazil

Humanity’s challenge of the century: Conserving Earth’s freshwater systems

Sri Lanka to ban palm oil imports, raze plantations over environmental concerns

Water crisis in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara linked to mining, observers say

Ecuadoran water fund transforms consumers into conservationists

Scientists warn of looming water crisis with millions of wells at risk

Reforested areas rival mature forests in securing water, study finds

Indigenous leaders killed in Philippines were ‘red-tagged’ over dam opposition

Dusty winds exacerbate looming famine in Madagascar’s deep south

For global wetlands, intensifying droughts pose a ‘diabolical’ threat

World Bank-backed attempt to commercialize Madagascar’s beef industry falters

In the Ecuadoran Andes, protectors of the páramos guard their water source

A watery onslaught from sea, sky and land in the world’s fastest-sinking city

US economy will take biggest hit if we continue with business as usual: report

Mining could topple community-managed forests in Mexico: New film

A Philippine tribe that defeated a dam prepares to fight its reincarnation

Controversial dam gets green light to flood a Philippine protected area

Reforesting a village in Indonesia, one batch of gourmet beans at a time

Climate adaptation begins with how we manage water (commentary)

For Indonesia’s Kendari Bay, silting is a death sentence

As climate chaos escalates in Indian Country, feds abandon tribes

Deforestation diminishes access to clean water, study finds

Environmental issues among top priorities of urban Indian voters: Report

Days of darkness: Venezuelan national emergency is also environmental crisis

Tiny subterranean Texas salamanders could be extinct in 100 years

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