CONSERVATION NEWS

News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

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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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‘Audacious’ reforestation effort grows in Brazil

By Bruno Vander Velde

February 7, 2023
A bold initiative to regrow 73 million trees in the Brazilian Amazon has made substantial progress despite some unexpected hurdles, according to an upcoming report.
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On World Mangrove Day, a new strategy to protect the world’s most important ecosystem

By Jorge Ramos, Ph.D.

July 26, 2017
Mangroves are critically important for coastal communities around the world. Here’s what one group is doing to protect them.
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