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Carbon & Climate
How do mangroves protect coastal communities from extreme weather?
Facing climate and human threats, mangroves protect communities from storms, erosion and flooding.
Indonesia’s largest environmental group, Walhi, has filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office, accusing 47 companies in the palm oil, mining and forestry sectors of corruption and environmental destruction, allegedly causing 437 trillion rupiah (US$26.5 billion) in state losses.
Policy & Finance
Indonesian court halts palm oil expansion but fails to uphold Indigenous land rights
Indonesia’s Supreme Court has upheld the government’s decision to block further expansion of the Tanah Merah oil palm project in Papua, preserving a Jakarta-sized swath of primary rainforest.
More than half of global cropland areas could see a decline in the number of suitable crops under a warming scenario of 2°C, new research finds.
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Food & Agriculture
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Food & Agriculture
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