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Frontiers’ volunteers: Riding for restoration and… cake

Frontiers

In 2022, Possenia’s efforts focus on restoration of ecosystems and rewilding. When people think of Switzerland, deforestation and destruction of ecosystems doesn’t really come to mind. Globally, 80’000 acres of rainforest disappear each day. decrease in tree cover since 2000. decrease in tree cover since 2000.

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Climate Litigation in Latin America and the Caribbean:  launching a regional Platform for Climate Litigation

Law Columbia

With the largest rainforest in the world, the largest freshwater reserves on the planet and the most significant amount of arable land where food is produced, the importance of Latin America and the Caribbean in the fight against climate change is undeniable. AIDA will launch the Platform on February 16, 2022.

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The Fad of Ecotourism in India: Discovering Paradise to Creating Purgatory?

Vermont Law

Owing to the commercial pressures but lacking resources, pseudo-ecotourism emerged, a modified concept that lacks the key sustainability ingredient. In Mexico , the Biosphere Reserve Sierra Gorda faces excessive logging, fires, and deforestation for tourist housing. Only if we care, will we help.

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Back in the game: Brazil’s reengagement in climate governance

Law Columbia

Under President Bolsonaro, Amazon deforestation soared to its highest rate since 2008. While the country submitted nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in 2020 and 2022 , both were in clear violation of Article 4, Paragraph 3 of the Paris Agreement, as they were not more ambitious than the country’s intended NDC.