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Indonesia reveals draft climate offer for 2030

NEWS: World’s fourth most populous country pledge slightly builds on 2020’s voluntary goal, but details remain unclear

NEWS: Search giant and researchers map emerging clusters of tropical forest loss in Southeast Asia, South America and Africa

COMMENT: A new fund is aiming to cut emissions from bad land management and improve food, energy and water security

NEWS: A year after four Ashéninka men were killed by illegal loggers, their community has secured rights to the territory

NEWS: Hard-to-detect small-scale clearance of Amazon rainforest makes up half of country’s tree-cutting rate, says study

NEWS: Leading investor put four major companies on its banned list for links to environmentally destructive palm oil plantations

NEWS: Indonesia could go a quarter of the way to reaching its 2020 carbon-cutting aim by ending destruction of vital forests

NEWS: US and EU border controls have less influence on illicit trade as demand shifts to emerging economies, finds Chatham House

NEWS: Standard Chartered is the latest to promise forest-friendly finance under the Soft Commodities Compact

NEWS: Government is registering 5 million properties in a bid to reverse trend of forest clearance by beef and soy farmers

NEWS: Emerging economy will aim for 28-33% renewable energy by 2030, President Rousseff said in joint statement with Obama

NEWS: Amazon protection on the agenda when president Dilma Rousseff meets Barack Obama in Washington next week

NEWS: Rules for how REDD+ scheme will work are now agreed, work can start on ramping up projects say experts

COMMENT: To have a chance of limiting warming to below 2 degrees, emissions balance sheets submitted to the UN must add up

NEWS: Follow Mexico’s lead, world’s 2nd and 3rd emitter told as emissions pledge for climate pact freeze out forests, study says

ANALYSIS: Forest clearance counts for a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions but cash is not yet flowing to protect trees

NEWS: In the face of climate change and peak farmland, tree foods offer “hidden harvest” for global hungry, report says

COMMENT: New report from Prince of Wales International Sustainability Unit highlights vulnerability of world’s rainforests

NEWS: Campaigners claim victory after Ministry of Coal confirms a controversial coal block in sensitive forest will not be auctioned

NEWS: Ethiopia, US and Mexico among countries pledging action at Bonn meeting to cut carbon emissions and create jobs