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Can China and Indonesia Help Save the World’s Rainforests?
Tropical forests around the world are vanishing fast. Logging, mining, and industrial agriculture continue to raze the world’s most carbon-rich ecosystems, accelerating the climate crisis and displacing the people who have protected these forests for generations. Efforts to halt deforestation have largely failed—not because the science is ...
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Aerial view of an Indonesian rain forest in Central Halmahera, North Maluku where, according to locals, the river has been contaminated by nickel mining. AFP
Tropical forests around the world are vanishing fast. Logging, mining, and industrial agriculture continue to raze the world’s most carbon-rich ecosystems, accelerating the climate crisis and displacing the people who have protected these forests for generations. Efforts to halt deforestation have largely failed—not because the science is unclear, but because the ...
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China Backs ASEAN-Mediated Cambodia and Thailand Ceasefire
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China and U.S. Wrap First Day of Trade Talks
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