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Governments that make forest restoration promises they don't keep are accused of greenwashing.

Wildfires have intensified around the globe, providing a stark reminder of how the climate crisis is upending lives and inflicting billions of dollars a year in damage. And it will

Global leaders who have pledged to halt deforestation by 2030 must move quickly to strengthen forest protection laws, line up funding and include indigenous people in conservation efforts to have the best chance of success, environmentalists have said. More than 100 leaders last month agreed to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by US$19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests. The commitment — made at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, and backed by forest-rich countries such as Brazi...

Global leaders who have pledged to halt deforestation by 2030 must move quickly to strengthen forest protection laws, line up funding and include indigenous people in conservation efforts to have the best chance of success, environmentalists have said. More than 100 leaders last month agreed to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by US$19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests. The commitment — made at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, and backed by forest-rich countries such as Brazi...

Cutting down forests has major implications for global goals to curb warming, as trees absorb about a third of the planet-heating carbon emissions produced worldwide