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Podcast: Mongabay Newscast
Episode: The 411 on forests and reforestation for 2022
Description: What are the main global forest conservation trends for 2022? Though deforestation is declining, how much forest is the world still losing? Host Mike G. speaks with Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett Butler about the year in forests, forest-related storylines to watch, and Mongabay's expanding coverage of topics like these all around the world. He also speaks with Swati Hingorani, a senior program officer at the IUCN and Global Coordinator for the Bonn Challenge, one of the world's most important reforestation programs. Hingorani discusses reforestation trends and the Bonn Challenge's newly revamped and relaunched Restoration Barometer that tracks e...