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Media coverage Media coverage Each year, CIFOR’s research and scientists are mentioned in over 1,500 news stories by local and international media outlets worldwide. Find the latest here, with over a decade of archives. Published on 19 Nov 2020 in the The Guardian Share this Franziska Haupt, the lead author of the report and also at Climate Focus, said: “Forests are absolutely essential. If we don’t stop deforestation, we won’t meet our climate targets. Infrastructure and mining are probably the biggest threat to forests, maybe even more important than farming, because they really ope...

Mainstream Mainstream, VOL LVIII No 52, New Delhi, December 12, 2020 Trees and forests: Megaprojects risk pushing forests past tipping point – report | Damian Carrington Friday 11 December 2020 Huge road, energy and mining projects driving into heart of world’s remaining forests Infrastructure megaprojects risk pushing the world’s remaining forests past a “dangerous tipping point” and making climate targets unachievable, a report says. Tens of thousands of miles of roads and railways are planned alongside mines and dams, opening up the forests of South America, south-east Asia and c...

America first. earth last. >> stay with us. let's bring in reporter chris cillizza and congressional reporter for the washington post. karoun derouza. chris, america first. this seems to be the most dramatic manifestation of that principle by the president to date. fair statement? >> absolutely. this goes beyond the climate focus which is important, but what this tells us is bigger than that. this is donald trump essentially making good on what he said he would do. he had a lot of world leaders surprised. i'm not sure why they should be unless they did not watch the campaign. not just in terms...