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USAID cuts carry environmental costs, new report finds
The consultancy firm One Earth Partners has published an analysis of the environmental consequences of USAID’s closure.
In July, the European Commission confirmed leather’s exclusion from the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) — this week, the change became official.
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The South Asian country's decades-long conservation efforts, bolstered by Restore Bhutan’s goal of bringing 50,000 hectares of degraded landscapes back to health by 2030, have earned the kingdom a place among the 2026 Earthshot Prize finalists.
Residents in different districts across the Indonesian province of Aceh say gold mining activity in the interior of forest areas continues despite the province’s leaders agreeing a crackdown on illegal mining.
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Palm oil and primates, can they coexist?
19 August 2026
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Indonesia’s wildfires intensify as haze spreads into Malaysia
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Corporate Responsibility
SBTi seeks Southeast Asia input on revised climate standard for forest, land and agriculture
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Food & Agriculture
Vietnam's coffee boom rooted in decades of deforestation: report
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Leather exempted from EU's landmark deforestation law
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