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Illegal logging sawmill in Borneo in 2015. REDD+ is intended to help to monitor and stop illegal logging of tropical forests. Photo by Rhett Butler
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The world’s tropical forests are in serious trouble, with deforestation worsening and the sixth mass extinction accelerating faster than scientists previously thought. This grim news comes more than a decade after the international community agreed on a strategy for curbing the destruction of tropical forests as part of global efforts to tackle the climate crisis. Known as REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation),...

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