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A Mongabay investigation has uncovered how carbon credit companies exploited Indigenous communities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through deceptive contracts that promised financial benefits but delivered nothing. In December 2022, both Brazil’s largest and smallest Indigenous territories signed identical 118-page, 10-year…
The world has reached a sobering climate milestone—global temperatures last year exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, officially breaching the critical threshold set by the Paris Agreement. While this doesn’t permanently doom our climate goals, it signals that time is running…
For centuries, Sweden’s vast boreal forests have been the stuff of legends—dark, mysterious woodlands that provided sustenance and shelter to generations. Today, these same forests fuel a global industry, making Sweden one of the world’s largest exporters of paper, timber,…
As world leaders prepare for COP30 climate talks, where tropical forests will take center stage, experts are calling for a fundamental shift from simply fighting deforestation to actively redesigning forest protection systems. Last year alone, fires destroyed over three million…
