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Leandro Fernandez

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Urban Forests Are More Vital Than Ever. Why Aren't We Managing Them Better? psmag.com/environment/urban-…
Urban Forests Are More Vital Than Ever. Why Aren't We Managing Them Better?

Urban Forests Are More Vital Than Ever. Why Aren't We Managing Them Better?

Forest managers in cities need more data on climate change, pests, and other factors, and they spend much of their time and funding on invasive species.

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The Role of Community Forestry for REDD+ in Myanmar myanmar-redd.org/issue-12-th…
Deforestation rates in Paraguay continues to grow paraguay.com/nacionales/nive…
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'How Brazilians (and Norwegians) can stop Jair Bolsonaro from trashing the Amazon rainforest' independent.co.uk/voices/bra…
'How Brazilians (and Norwegians) can stop Jair Bolsonaro from trashing the Amazon rainforest'

'How Brazilians (and Norwegians) can stop Jair Bolsonaro from trashing the Amazon rainforest'

Some agribusinesses fear that their international image could be damaged by association with deforestation

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Why forests are the best 'technology' to stop climate change @AJEnglish aje.io/62b3n
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Amazon rainforest deforestation 'worst in 10 years', says Brazil bbc.com/news/world-latin-ame…

Amazon rainforest deforestation 'worst in 10 years', says Brazil

The rate of deforestation has risen 13.7% in a year, amid concern about the new president's policies.

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Pressure mounts on EU to act as France calls for action on deforestation fern.org/pressure-mounts-on-…
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UN urges Africa to re-strategize programs against #deforestation bit.ly/2O2qXVu
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Ex-Nasa scientist: 30 years on, world is failing 'miserably’ to address climate change theguardian.com/environment/…

Ex-Nasa scientist: 30 years on, world is failing 'miserably’ to address climate change

James Hansen, who gave a climate warning in 1988 Senate testimony, says real hoax is by leaders claiming to take action

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When nature says 'Enough!': the river that appeared overnight in Argentina theguardian.com/world/2018/a…

When nature says 'Enough!': the river that appeared overnight in Argentina

A new watercourse is playing havoc with farmland and roads and even threatening a city – but also highlights the potential cost of the country’s dependence on soya beans

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TNC México@Mexico_TNC26 Mar 2018
@Mexico_TNC ofrece alternativas para que las comunidades que dependen de los bosques en #Chiapas pasen de sistemas productivos convencionales a modelos productivos #sostenibles. Conoce nuestra Visión al 2030: 👉bit.ly/2pzcF0j #JuntosporlosBosques #ChiapasAvanzando
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LaetitiaZobel@LaetitiaZobel24 Jan 2018
Following Pope Francis' visit last week to the Amazon and his call to halt environmental destruction - this is what happened then: Peru passes law allowing roads through pristine Amazon rainforest - theguardian.com/world/2018/j…
Peru passes law allowing roads through pristine Amazon rainforest

Peru passes law allowing roads through pristine Amazon rainforest

Pope warned on Friday of threat to Amazon and its peoples but now new roads in border areas could affect five indigenous reserves

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Pope brings environmental crusade to Peru’s Amazon, citing ‘defense of the earth”. The importance of grounding the 2015 Laudato Si encyclical in Indigenous Peoples rights and the reality of the ilegal mining. goo.gl/KqRZ7e
Pope brings environmental crusade to Peru’s Amazon, citing ‘defense of the earth’

Pope brings environmental crusade to Peru’s Amazon, citing ‘defense of the earth’

Indigenous inhabitants want more control over mining, logging and oil extraction projects on their lands.

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The native Amazonian peoples have probably never been so threatened on their own lands as they are at present.” Pope Francis addressing indigenous communities in Peru.
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The Amazon effect: how deforestation is starving São Paulo of water theguardian.com/cities/2017/…
The Amazon effect: how deforestation is starving São Paulo of water

The Amazon effect: how deforestation is starving São Paulo of water

When a devastating drought two years ago brought this metropolis of 21 million to the brink, the army prepared to barricade reservoirs. Could it happen again?

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Peter Holmgren@pholmgren1 Dec 2017
Improving basic #health care for poor communities wouldn’t hit Northern headlines without save-the-rainforest spin. How ethical is it to condition care for poor on their contributions to planetary environment goals? What about their goals? #HumanRights edition.cnn.com/2017/11/20/h…
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New report finds the way we manage lands could deliver 37% of the solution to climate change. More: bit.ly/2yGDjd2 #nature4climate
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Dense Tree Cover Can Reduce Risk of Diarrhoeal Disease In Children ndtv.com/food/dense-tree-cov…
Dense Tree Cover Can Reduce Risk of Diarrhoeal Disease In Children: 5 Foods That You Should Avoid...

Dense Tree Cover Can Reduce Risk of Diarrhoeal Disease In Children: 5 Foods That You Should Avoid...

About 30 per cent increase in upstream tree cover in rural watersheds could have a comparable effect to improved water sanitation, such as the addition of indoor plumbing or toilets.

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La Amazonia no es nuestra; por Eliane Brum elpais.com/internacional/201…
La Amazonia no es nuestra | Columna

La Amazonia no es nuestra | Columna

El Gobierno de Temer y la bancada ruralista del Congreso se empeñan en transformar la mayor selva tropical del mundo en la propiedad privada de unos pocos

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Nature can provide 37% of the solution to our climate problem by 2030. bit.ly/2yKQdaM #nature4climate
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