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PORTUGAL RISING FROM THE ASHES
PORTUGAL RISING FROM THE ASHES In Portugal, huge swathes of agricultural land were abandoned by owners, making way for vast forest areas. As the country’s paper industry is well-established and hugely...
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Recreating forests in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, men and women are fighting to protect the environment” Brent Stirton Mass deforestation is the result of both a frenetic acceleration in the nation’s economic growth and the mass refugee...
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In the East, the forests stand defiant
Before doing this report, I looked at trees like lots of city people do:I didn’t try to understand them or find out more. 13 million hectares of forest are vanishing every year, the equivalent of a...
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The Spirit of the tree in India
In the countryside, I met people with a deep-set belief in the need to fight this fatalistic outlook, people who refuse to believe that our Earth is dead. Plant a tree and you sow hope.” To check...
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Guardians of land
Issues linked to the farming industry are paving the way for discussion on the various challenges facing society. Throughout the 20th century, trees were wiped out of the farming landscape first...
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Togo, les jardiniers de la forêt
Trees heal, trees nourish, trees regenerate, trees house the spirits of the deceased – according to a Togolese saying. Visitors would be forgiven for thinking that a sense of balance has gradually...
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Ecuador, the living forest
When I travelled to Sarayaku, I realised that planting trees isn’t enough. It’s equally important to support the people protecting the forest. – Catalina Sarayaku is located in Ecuador’s Amazon...
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Madagascar: the Guardian Angels of Biodiversity
The Yves Rocher Foundation has been active in Madagascar since 2012, helping to plant close to 1.2 million trees with the support of the Identi’Terre association. To help combat deforestation and...
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Mexico: the incredible odyssey of the monarch butterfly
When winter comes, the monarch butterfly leaves its American home and spends two months travelling at speeds of almost 75 kilometres a day to the sacred fir forests in the mountains of central Mexico....
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Biodiversity makes life on Earth possible, but it is very often under threat. The Yves Rocher Foundation cares deeply about taking action for nature, so it is launching an ambitious photographic...
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Project Report: The Pantanal, an Endangered Eden
An exhibition demanding change for Brazil's Pantanal The Pantanal isn’t well know among the general public even though it is the largest wetland on the planet, nestled in the heart of South America to...
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