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January 07, 2014 | National Geographic
South America: Can Green Replace Gold When It Comes to REDD?
Warsaw climate talks give surprise boost to a struggling UN plan to provide incentives to reduce deforestation.
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December 04, 2013 | National Geographic
To Walk the World | Part One of a Series
Journalist Paul Salopek embarks on a seven-year global trek from Africa to Tierra Del Fuego, following in the footsteps of our restless forebears.
November 15, 2013 | National Geographic
The Promise of REDD: Giving Tropical Countries a Choice in Whether to Decimate Their Forests
A U.N. program to reduce emissions faces stiff obstacles as it seeks to gain momentum in Warsaw.
November 04, 2013 | National Geographic
Will Climate Change Imperil Your Cup of Starbucks?
A UN panel to conclude that rising temperatures will pose a risk to future food supplies.
October 22, 2013 | National Geographic
Peru: We're Living in the Tropics
When it comes to climate change, we live on a tropical planet — we just don’t realize it.
September 17, 2013 | National Geographic
Peru: Rain Forest Plants Race to Outrun Global Warming
Tropical plants are migrating due to climate change, but can they move fast enough?
September 05, 2013 | National Geographic
5 Myths About China and the Environment
Sean Gallagher spent seven years traveling across China. Here, he debunks five myths about the complex environmental issues facing 21st century China.
January 23, 2013 | National Geographic
Roots of the Mali Crisis
Peter Gwin has spent months traveling throughout Mali and its neighboring countries since 2005. He explains how history and geography helped create the current crisis.
December 10, 2012 | National Geographic
Timbuktu Falls: How Al Qaeda Claimed the Legendary City
Mali has gone from one of Africa's model democracies to a haven for al Qaeda, leaving the people of Timbuktu asking what happens next?
October 26, 2011 | National Geographic
India and Pakistan at Odds Over Shrinking Indus River
Irrigation and hydroelectric projects along with shrinking glaciers are reducing the flow of the Indus River--and increasing tensions between Pakistan and India.
August 18, 2011 | National Geographic
Lost Lords of the Sahara
Tuareg rebels have been fighting the Niger government, with some support from Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, for a share in the lucrative uranium mined on their lands.
August 09, 2011 | National Geographic
The State of Cholera, and Water, in Haiti
A new study predicts there could be 11,000 deaths in Haiti attributed to cholera infections between March and November of 2011, but NGOs aren't offering any lasting solutions to the problem.