environmentalism
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How does the EU's external environmental policy play out in the international sphere?
Leonardo DiCaprio has visited the Indonesian jungle to help protect a biodiverse area from deforestation. [...] DiCaprio spent the weekend in the Leuser ecosystem, on Indonesia's main western island of Sumatra. The actor, an ardent supporter of environmental causes, was pictured accompanied by local environmentalists and flanked by two critically endangered Sumatran elephants.
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The key to better cooperation in the Lake Victoria region might be the promotion of a subnational identity for Islanders.
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The historic Paris Agreement is being undercut by the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
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Part two of Nicholas J. Cull's look at religion at the 2015 Milan Expo.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has said it will provide Peru with about US$60 million to support alternative development programs and reforestation works to fight against illicit coca cultivation and illegal logging.
The State Department, which is ultimately charged with approving or denying TransCanada's plans to build a 1,700 mile pipeline from Canada and through the U.S., has released a draft report that details the potential environmental impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline.