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As the Amazon undergoes another wave of deforestation, a blueprint for halting the runaway exploitation can be found in Southeast Asia, where pressure campaigns on companies and improved government monitoring are finally slowing the devastation caused by the palm oil industry.
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Plus a highlight from Joel Makower's recent interview with Dow CEO Jim Fitterling.
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Sponsored: Supporting local farmers can lead to lasting change for both the individual and the environment as a whole.
by Ian Lifshitz
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Gene editing offers dramatic advances in speed, scope and scale of genetic improvement. It also offers an opportunity for more nuanced GMO governance.
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A new report on the most pressing global sustainability risks aims to translate social and economic threats into concrete solutions.
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A longtime official discusses how the U.N.’s new social and environmental goals go deeper, and how we can meet them.
by Mary Hoff
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These new entrepreneurs measure the opportunity cost of what we could do versus what we are doing. Here are three stories that illustrate the trend.
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N2Africa teaches farmers to grow legumes, which fix plant-pleasing nitrogen in soil. That much-maligned hill of beans is both crop and fertilizer.
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A soy moratorium imposed by a private sector alliance has been more effective at stopping deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon than government regulation.
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The world’s second biggest coffee company will evaluate its Coffee Made Happy program to understand the impact on farmers on the ground.