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Indigenous communities in Sarawak have been monitoring their forests for the past year, gathering data to counter a logging company's assumptions about the value of their traditional lands.
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Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate change
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Fighting climate change with bamboo
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Indigenous lives matter: Reflections from an encounter with Borneo's forest defenders
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