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Podcast: Mongabay Newscast
Episode: Reforestation vs deforestation: Forest losses and gains this past year
Description: On this episode we discuss how newly released data shows deforestation rose in 2020, even while tree planting initiatives took root all around the planet. Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett Butler joins us to discuss the 2020 deforestation data, how that fits into broader trends affecting the world's forests, and what good news there is to take from last year's deforestation numbers. We also welcome Mongabay staff writer Dr. Liz Kimbrough to the program to discuss our new database of hundreds of reforestation projects from around the world she helped assemble that aims to help donors find...