The pledge to drastically slow global deforestation was met with a metaphorical roll of the eye, when announced at the most recent UN climate conference. It was a pledge made before, but deforestation increased. Now it's happened again. The pledge to drastically slow global deforestation was me.
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The loss of forest in an island province in Papua New Guinea (PNG) surged in August, according to satellite data. The target of these forays is likely timber, at least at this stage, because much of the deforestation occurs along existing logging roads and in conjunction with road construction. Data from the University of Maryland’s […]
The forests of northwestern Papua New Guinea are home to a group of wide-eyed and reclusive marsupials known as tree kangaroos. As their name suggests, they spend a lot of their lives in the canopy and depend on the forest for survival. For more than a decade, conservationists and scientists have been working to protect […]