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Tackling Central Africa's Water and Power Challenges Starts with Restoring Nature

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Our Biggest Stories of 2025: From Climate Politics to AI and Beyond

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Forests Can Be Assets or Liabilities. It's Up to Us

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6 Strategies that Achieve Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Simultaneously

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Farmers Restore the ‘Cradle of Civilization' in Kenya’s Greater Rift Valley

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Growing Resilience: Unlocking the Potential of Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Finance for Women Is Key to Restoring Africa’s Degraded Lands

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How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

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The Global Land Squeeze: Managing the Growing Competition for Land

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Ending Deforestation in the Amazon Can Grow Brazil’s GDP — but That’s Not the Only Reason to Do It

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Restoring Degraded Forests Could Bring Back Lost Rainfall, Cooler Temperatures

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3 Ways President Biden and Congress Can Restore US Forests

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Bringing New Life to Fallen Urban Trees

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Leveraging the Ocean's Carbon Removal Potential

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Young Forests Capture Carbon Quicker than Previously Thought

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