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Forest Protection

Solutions Journalism Network

Solutions journalism is news about how communities and organizations are responding to social and environmental problems. This collection contains solutions stories about a number of forest management solutions. In Oregon, prescribed burns are returning the forest to a natural and healthy state. Across the West, natural burn patterns are being encouraged as a cost-saving measure. A startup is connecting people of African descent around the world to forests in Africa, and planting trees in their honor to combat deforestation. In Australia, a partnership between Indigenous ranger groups and a nonprofit are conserving rainforests through fire management and revegetation. And in Indonesia, researchers are using acoustic monitoring to track illegal logging in forests. 

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