Tag: deforestation
Indonesia’s deforestation worsens for third year as development expands
The group attributes the destruction to government-backed development projects and the expansion of key industries
VIDEO: How faith and Indigenous wisdom safeguarded the only sustainable water...
Once devastated by logging, the restored forests now provide abundant, clean water, sustaining 120 households even during dry seasons.
SPOTLIGHT: Water over Troubled Forests
With climate change threatening their lands, the Indigenous Pulangiyen people are rebuilding Bendum's forests and restoring life-giving water to their ancestral home.
Pro-environment group blames deforestation, mining for flooding in Mindanao
“By stripping away land cover and disrupting natural drainage patterns, these activities exacerbate flooding and landslide risks"
Deforestation drives increasingly deadly heat in Indonesia, says study
Deforestation and global warming in one Indonesian province caused temperatures to rise nearly a whole degree Celsius in 16 years
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