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Brazil’s Atlantic Forest will change more in the next 50 years than at any time since the last ice age

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4 August 202127 June 2022

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth. Roughly one in every 50 species of plant and vertebrate land animal lives there and nowhere else….Read More >

Palm oil: an EU ban won’t save Asian rainforests, but here’s what might help

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8 May 201914 March 2023

Banning palm oil may do more harm than good by diverting its sale to markets with fewer environmental checks and balances, says Reading environmental economist Professor Elizabeth Robinson, in a…Read More >

Palm oil: an EU ban won’t save Asian rainforests, but here’s what might help

We revealed the value of Zambia’s wild yam. Why it matters

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7 February 201923 February 2023

Lusala is a wild yam that grows in the forests of Zambia. Research has highlighted that this tasty tuber is part of the staple diet of 96% of rural households…Read More >

To cut or not to cut – that is the question

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24 July 2017

By Dr Martin Lukac, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading Europe’s forests make a very important contribution to current efforts to decrease EU carbon emissions, as it seeks…Read More >

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