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Climate action: 57 mayors have signed a forest protection declaration

carbon-rich forests, like this forest here, must be protected in order to save the planet

"We have a critical mass of cities willing to speak up about the importance of forests for themselves ... and urban residents, (and) for the importance of forest conservation,", John-Rob Pool, implementation manager at Cities4Forests. Image: UNSPLASH/Lingchor

Michael Taylor
Asia correspondent and sub-editor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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