Protected areas and Indigenous territories in the Amazon Rainforest experienced just one-third the amount of primary forest loss as non-protected areas, according to a new report. The Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), a U.S.-based nonprofit, examined primary forest loss across the entire Amazon biome between 2017 and 2021. Over the five-year study period, […]
level. and according to the who, air pollution is the single biggest environmental threat to human health. i m joined now byjessica seddon, the global lead for air quality at the world resources insitute. are these targets achievable? by are these targets achievable? el: most places in most regions, these are very hard to achieve. let s confront the reality. these are from the damage of pollution but they are going to be hard to achieve. i going to be hard to achieve. i wonder how useful it is to set a target that is totally out of reach. not a target is almost within grasp. i think at this point we all need to really grapple with reality and need to confront it and acknowledge some uncomfortable realities, particularly when it comes to health, ecosystem health and all the impacts air pollution has. that said, i do think it s very important to make sure that they are not discouraging, that we have clear communication around better and close also being very good, that we