Why carbon markets alone won’t save Southeast Asia’s concessions forests

Mongabay
Aug 19, 2026, 1:25 am76 ptsTrending
New research suggests a “massive and untapped” opportunity for conservation within commercial concessions in Southeast Asia, reports Mongabay’s Carolyn Cowan. Using satellite data, researchers identified roughly 42 million hectares (104 million acres) of intact forest still standing inside logging,…

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