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‘Chaos’ in Congo’s logging sector

Dysfunction plagues DRC’s logging industry, say conservation and watchdog groups, but the government and timber companies want to grow the sector. Little of the timber from the Democratic Republic of…

Predicting deforestation before it happens

Global Forest Watch image showing deforestation alerts, oil palm plantations, and protected areas in Sumatra. Click to enlarge. The world's leading forest monitoring platform may soon help predict deforestation before…