CONSERVATION NEWS
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What drives deforestation — and how can we stop it?
By Mary Kate McCoy
August 16, 2023
As dangerous heatwaves shatter records around the world, a new study provides the most comprehensive review yet of how to stop deforestation — a major cause of climate-warming greenhouse gases, second only to fossil fuel emissions.
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New study reveals seaweed’s hidden climate benefits
By Mary Kate McCoy
July 18, 2023
A new study found that seaweed forests may play a bigger role in fighting climate change than previously thought — absorbing as much climate-warming carbon as the Amazon rainforest. But not all seaweed forests are created equal.
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Study: Fungi could be vital for reaching climate goals
By Mary Kate McCoy
June 13, 2023
Underneath the ground, intricate fungal networks are working together with plants to absorb huge amounts of carbon — equivalent to more than a third of the world's annual fossil fuel emissions, according to a new study.
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What on Earth is ‘HFLD’? (Hint: It’s about forests)
By Bruno Vander Velde
March 8, 2023
From “blue carbon” to “ecosystem services,” environmental jargon is everywhere. Conservation International looks to make sense of it in an occasional explainer series. In this installment, we explore the role “HFLDs,” play in storing climate-warming carbon.
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On carbon offsets, Wirecutter story doesn’t cut it
By Bruno Vander Velde
March 1, 2023
A recent article claims that buying carbon offsets for your flight doesn't help the climate crisis. This conclusion is bafflingly wrong: Paying to protect an area of forest to offset the climate footprint of your flight does in fact — demonstrably and verifiably — help.
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