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Tarira and her son Avoraza, 4, walk through a field covered with red sand in Anjeky Beanatara, Androy region, Madagascar, February 11, 2022. "There's nothing to harvest. That's why we have nothing to eat and we're starving," said mother-of-seven Tarira who had brought Avoraza to collect sachets of a peanut-based product known as Plumpy, used to treat malnourished children. "There are seven, so there wasn't enough food. The Plumpy wasn't enough for him". REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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A green island turns red: Madagascans struggle through long drought

Four years of drought, the worst in decades, along with deforestation caused by people burning or cutting down trees to make charcoal or to open up land for farming, have transformed the area into...

Top fashion brands may have hand in destroying Amazon rainforest: Study
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Top fashion brands may have hand in destroying Amazon rainforest: Study

An aerial view shows a tree at the center of a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil August 14, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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Spike in Amazon deforestation draws shock, ups pressure on Brazil

An active logging site is pictured among burned trees from the Rim fire near Groveland, California July 30, 2014. Photo: Reuters
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Bangladesh adds voice to end global deforestation

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Climate Change

Deforestation: TIB urges action in line with world leaders

An area of the Amazon rainforest which has been slashed and burned stands next to a section of virgin forest, as seen from a police helicopter during the "Hileia Patria" operation against sawmills and loggers who trade in illegally-extracted wood from the Alto Guama River indigenous reserve in Nova Esperanca do Piria, in Para State, September 29, 2013. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
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Leaders at global climate talks pledge to cut methane and save forests

A person walks past a sign during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble
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Global climate talks deliver moves to cut methane and deforestation

US President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference during the G20 leaders' summit in Rome, Italy October 31, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Biden pledges $9 billion to conserve and restore forests

An active logging site is pictured among burned trees from the Rim fire near Groveland, California July 30, 2014. Photo: Reuters
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Over 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030

A cow is seen in a deforested pasture in Brazil's Amazon rainforest near the Transamazonica national highway in Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil, September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls for second month, remains high

An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
Environment

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon edges down, still high under Bolsonaro

Protestors have created artwork on one of the trees at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan, which has been marked by the authorities for felling. Under a “beautification project”, many trees of the Udyan have already been felled while several others wait to be cut down. The photo was taken on Wednesday. Photo: Mumit M
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Ecological threats feared as trees felled at Suhrawardy

An aerial view shows a tree at the center of a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Environment

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon skyrockets to 12-year high under Bolsonaro