CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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Climate action, humanity’s footprint, landmark forest support: 3 stories you may have missed
By Kiley Price
December 15, 2020
In case you missed it: A climate expert shares three steps to slow climate change, the production of manufactured materials is outpacing the growth of living things on Earth, and more than one million people voiced their support for the European Union to enact a law that would limit deforestation...
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EU bid to halt imported deforestation ‘moot without investment’
By Sophie Bertazzo
July 23, 2019
In a new communication, the European Union announced steps it will take to promote global reforestation efforts and end deforestation related to EU imports of agricultural commodities.
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Figueres to European leaders: Climate action requires protecting forests
By Cecile Schneider
September 20, 2017
Speaking before an audience of EU officials in Brussels, Christiana Figueres addressed the environmental footprint of products consumed by Europeans but produced elsewhere.
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Climate action requires halting Europe’s unseen import: deforestation
By Jean-Philippe Palasi
September 20, 2015
The EU is missing a critical element in its climate plan: tackling emissions it generates outside its borders.
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