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Elephants walk through a clearing in the Vumbura Plains, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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How an unheralded US law could help protect Africa’s forests

By Sophie Bertazzo

June 14, 2019

The head of Conservation International's Africa field division has a suggestion for the continent’s decision-makers: redirect some of your debt to the United States into conserving nature.

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The most important conservation law you’ve never heard of

By Olivia DeSmit

April 29, 2019

The Tropical Forest Conservation Act, a debt-for-nature program, has already saved more than 68 million acres of tropical forest.