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The forest loss was driven by clearing for oil palm plantations by well-connected local elites, rather than smallholders, according to advocacy group Rainforest Action Network (RAN).
Policy & Finance
How will India achieve the new global goals for nature?
From expanding conservation areas to eliminating subsidies that harm nature, implementing the outcomes from the latest global biodiversity summit COP15 is complex for India and South Asia, say experts.
China has an impressive track record of wetland protection since joining Ramsar in 1992, but economic development still poses several challenges.
Carbon & Climate
Dry season threatens peatlands restored by Sumatra villagers
Community-led efforts to restore degraded peatlands in Indonesia’s Riau province could be put to the test in early 2023 as the dry season sets in.
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