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Beautiful farm on the edge of the Alto Mayo Protected Forest, Peru
CI/photo by Bailey Evans
Tags: airlines aviation carbon emissions carbon offsets flight United Airlines

Traveling this summer? Airline offers way to offset impact

By Mandy DeVine

June 5, 2019
To help stop climate change, offset the carbon emissions of your flights.
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Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Luciano Candisani/iLCP
Tags: Amazon rainforest Bolivia PADDD protected areas tropical forests

New protected area in Amazon announced

By Bruno Vander Velde

June 4, 2019
Recently, the Bolivian government established the Bajo Madidi Municipal Conservation and Management Area.
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More Sustainable Fishing Project (Projeto Pesca Mais Sustentável) in the Extractive Reserve of São João da Ponta, Pará, Brazil.
Flavio Forner
Tags: Amazon rainforest Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Brazil PADDD President Bolsonaro President Donald Trump protected areas Science Magazine U.S.

Protected areas see recent rise in legal rollbacks: study

By Olivia DeSmit

May 31, 2019
New study: Rollbacks of legal protections to protected areas are on the rise.
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Inside the cloud forest on top of the Chyulu Hills, a volcanic mountain range, located in south-eastern Kenya on January 25, 2017.
Charlie Shoemaker
Tags: Alto Mayo California Tropical Forest Standard ProPublica REDD+

Forest carbon credits ‘worse than nothing’? There’s more to this story

By Dr. Joanna Durbin

May 24, 2019
Forest carbon credits ‘worse than nothing’? There’s more to this story
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Sunset over mountains, fields, and building in Cuenca, Ecuador.
Robin Moore/iLCP
Tags: Amazon rainforest Ecuador Firecast forecast paramos Smokey the Bear weather wildfires

As climate warms, Ecuador fights fires with forecasts

By Olivia DeSmit

May 22, 2019
An innovative tool combines weather forecasts with fire-tracking systems to create a "fire-weather forecast."
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