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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria presents the Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Dr Gerald Tuskan, USA, at Monday's award ceremony at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research. On the right is Marcus Wallenberg.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080 undefined

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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria presents the Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Dr Gerald Tuskan, USA, at Monday's award ceremony at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080 undefined

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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria presents the Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Dr Gerald Tuskan, USA, at Monday's award ceremony at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080 undefined

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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria presents the Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Dr Gerald Tuskan, USA, at Monday's award ceremony at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria presents the Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Dr Gerald Tuskan, USA, at Monday's award ceremony at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080 undefined

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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria presents the Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Dr Gerald Tuskan, USA, at Monday's award ceremony at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria presents the Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Dr Gerald Tuskan, USA, at Monday's award ceremony at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria presents the Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Dr Gerald Tuskan, USA, at Monday's award ceremony at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080 undefined

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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria attends the award ceremony for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria receives flowers from a child as she arrives for an award ceremony for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria receives flowers from a child as she arrives for an award ceremony for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

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MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

MARCUS WALLENBERG PRIZE 2025

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251103Crown Princess Victoria receives flowers from a child as she arrives for an award ceremony for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded annually for scientific discoveries in forest industry research.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

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Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher during the review of the law curbing "fast fashion" and the proposed laws on the environmental impact of the textile industry. They will legislate against this "ephemeral" or "disposable" fashion shipped at knockdown prices from China, with the giants Shein and Temu in the crosshairs. June 2, 2025 at the French Senate in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher during the review of the law curbing "fast fashion" and the proposed laws on the environmental impact of the textile industry. They will legislate against this "ephemeral" or "disposable" fashion shipped at knockdown prices from China, with the giants Shein and Temu in the crosshairs. June 2, 2025 at the French Senate in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher during the review of the law curbing "fast fashion" and the proposed laws on the environmental impact of the textile industry. They will legislate against this "ephemeral" or "disposable" fashion shipped at knockdown prices from China, with the giants Shein and Temu in the crosshairs. June 2, 2025 at the French Senate in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher during the review of the law curbing "fast fashion" and the proposed laws on the environmental impact of the textile industry. They will legislate against this "ephemeral" or "disposable" fashion shipped at knockdown prices from China, with the giants Shein and Temu in the crosshairs. June 2, 2025 at the French Senate in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher during the review of the law curbing "fast fashion" and the proposed laws on the environmental impact of the textile industry. They will legislate against this "ephemeral" or "disposable" fashion shipped at knockdown prices from China, with the giants Shein and Temu in the crosshairs. June 2, 2025 at the French Senate in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher during the review of the law curbing "fast fashion" and the proposed laws on the environmental impact of the textile industry. They will legislate against this "ephemeral" or "disposable" fashion shipped at knockdown prices from China, with the giants Shein and Temu in the crosshairs. June 2, 2025 at the French Senate in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher during the review of the law curbing "fast fashion" and the proposed laws on the environmental impact of the textile industry. They will legislate against this "ephemeral" or "disposable" fashion shipped at knockdown prices from China, with the giants Shein and Temu in the crosshairs. June 2, 2025 at the French Senate in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher during the review of the law curbing "fast fashion" and the proposed laws on the environmental impact of the textile industry. They will legislate against this "ephemeral" or "disposable" fashion shipped at knockdown prices from China, with the giants Shein and Temu in the crosshairs. June 2, 2025 at the French Senate in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

Senate examine the fast fashion law - Paris AJ

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher during the review of the law curbing "fast fashion" and the proposed laws on the environmental impact of the textile industry. They will legislate against this "ephemeral" or "disposable" fashion shipped at knockdown prices from China, with the giants Shein and Temu in the crosshairs. June 2, 2025 at the French Senate in Paris, France. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris

Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris

France's Delegate Minister for Relations with Parliament Patrick Mignola, France's Minister in charge of Industry and Energy Marc Ferracci, France's Minister of Minister of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher and France's Minister in charge of Public Accounts Amelie de Montchalin leave after the weekly cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 7, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

An aerial drone photo taken on April 8, 2025 shows people planting coix at a sand industry experimental base in Yutian County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enha

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

A villager plants coix at a sand industry experimental base in Yutian County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on April 8, 2025. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-locking efforts to ac

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New Government leave the Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris AJ

New Government leave the Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris AJ

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Industry and Energy Marc Ferracci leaves for the first cabinet meeting since the Government's appointement on December 24, 2024, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, France on January 3, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Government leave the Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris AJ

New Government leave the Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris AJ

French Deputy Minister for the Relations with the Parliament Patrick Mignola, French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Industry and Energy Marc Ferracci leaves for the first cabinet meeting since the Government's appointement on December 24, 2024, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, France on January 3, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Government leave the Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris AJ

New Government leave the Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris AJ

French Deputy Minister for the Relations with the Parliament Patrick Mignola, French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Industry and Energy Marc Ferracci leaves for the first cabinet meeting since the Government's appointement on December 24, 2024, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, France on January 3, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Government leave the Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris AJ

New Government leave the Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris AJ

French Deputy Minister for the Relations with the Parliament Patrick Mignola, French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Industry and Energy Marc Ferracci leaves for the first cabinet meeting since the Government's appointement on December 24, 2024, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, France on January 3, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Weekly cabinet meeting - Paris

Weekly cabinet meeting - Paris

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Industry and Energy Marc Ferracci leave after the first cabinet meeting since the government's appointement on December 24, 2024, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, on January 3, 2025. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Weekly cabinet meeting - Paris

Weekly cabinet meeting - Paris

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Industry and Energy Marc Ferracci leave after the first cabinet meeting since the government's appointement on December 24, 2024, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, on January 3, 2025. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Weekly cabinet meeting - Paris

Weekly cabinet meeting - Paris

French Deputy Minister for the Relations with the Parliament Patrick Mignola, French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Industry and Energy Marc Ferracci leave after the first cabinet meeting since the government's appointement on December 24, 2024, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, on January 3, 2025. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Weekly cabinet meeting - Paris

Weekly cabinet meeting - Paris

French Deputy Minister for the Relations with the Parliament Patrick Mignola, French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Industry and Energy Marc Ferracci, French Minister of Health and Access to Care Yannick Neuder leave after the first cabinet meeting since the government's appointement on December 24, 2024, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, on January 3, 2025. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Weekly cabinet meeting - Paris

Weekly cabinet meeting - Paris

French Deputy Minister for the Relations with the Parliament Patrick Mignola, French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forest, Sea and Fisheries Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Industry and Energy Marc Ferracci leave after the first cabinet meeting since the government's appointement on December 24, 2024, at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, on January 3, 2025. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tour de Ski 2024/2025

Tour de Ski 2024/2025

Sun shines during the FIS Tour de Ski event in Toblach, Italy on January 1, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Tour de Ski 2024/2025

Tour de Ski 2024/2025

Sun shines during the FIS Tour de Ski event in Toblach, Italy on January 1, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Tour de Ski 2024/2025

Tour de Ski 2024/2025

Sun shines during the FIS Tour de Ski event in Toblach, Italy on January 1, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 - At the International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition, the outdoor garden uses fog forest and beam lights to create a romantic "dream" of Dundar effect at night, September 22, 2024, Shanghai, China.

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International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 - At the International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition, the outdoor garden uses fog forest and beam lights to create a romantic "dream" of Dundar effect at night, September 22, 2024, Shanghai, China.

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International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 - At the International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition, the outdoor garden uses fog forest and beam lights to create a romantic "dream" of Dundar effect at night, September 22, 2024, Shanghai, China.

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International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 - At the International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition, the outdoor garden uses fog forest and beam lights to create a romantic "dream" of Dundar effect at night, September 22, 2024, Shanghai, China.

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International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 - At the International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition, the outdoor garden uses fog forest and beam lights to create a romantic "dream" of Dundar effect at night, September 22, 2024, Shanghai, China.

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International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition

SHANGHAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 - At the International Light and Shadow Festival Landscape Lighting Industry Exhibition, the outdoor garden uses fog forest and beam lights to create a romantic "dream" of Dundar effect at night, September 22, 2024, Shanghai, China.

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUYAO-ECOLOGICAL INDUSTRY-TOURISM (CN)

CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YUYAO-ECOLOGICAL INDUSTRY-TOURISM (CN)

(240422) -- YUYAO, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A tourist looks over a vast bamboo forest at Bailu Village of Luting Township, Yuyao City, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 13, 2024. Sticking to the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets," Luting Township has taken local environment as an advantage to develop ecological industry and to promote the countryside tourism. Boasting mountain forests covering about 58 square kilometers, or 85 percent of the township's total land area, Luting aims to utilize its rich natural, agricultural, historical and cultural resources in an ecological-friendly way to attract more tourists. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

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Ten years on, logging ban in Khingan Mountains in NE China revives natural forests

STORY: Ten years on, logging ban in Khingan Mountains in NE China revives natural forests SHOOTING TIME: March 20, 2024/File DATELINE: March 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Khingan Mountains 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): QI YONGGANG, Person in charge of fire prevention in a forest farm in Mohe City 3. various of the Khingan Mountains 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SHI RUIJUAN, Villager in Beiji Village, Mohe City 5. various of the tourism industry in the Khingan Mountains 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WANG FUSHENG, Employee, Greater Khingan Forest Industry Group 7. various of agricultural products 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): HE XIYAN, Employee, Greater Khingan Forest Industry Group STORYLINE: China's ban on commercial logging in the Khingan Mountains has helped the red pine forest revive its former glory over the past decade. China is home to about 60 percent of the world's red pine trees, with more than half of them scattered in the Lesser Khingan Mo

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Xinhua Headlines: Logging ban sparks nature's rebirth in China's Khingan Mountains

Xinhua Headlines: Logging ban sparks nature's rebirth in China's Khingan Mountains

(240331) -- HARBIN, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of Greater Khingan Forest Industry Group shows cultivated red pine seedlings at a nursery garden in Tuqiang Town of Mohe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ARXAN-ICE AND SNOW TOURISM (CN)

CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ARXAN-ICE AND SNOW TOURISM (CN)

(231215) -- HINGGAN LEAGUE, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child interacts with spotted deer at a forest farm in Arxan of Hinggan League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. An ice and snow festival will be held in Arxan City on Dec. 23. Rich in ice and snow resources, the city of Arxan has developed tourism industry in recent years to attract more visitors. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ARXAN-ICE AND SNOW TOURISM (CN)

CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ARXAN-ICE AND SNOW TOURISM (CN)

(231215) -- HINGGAN LEAGUE, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Camels are seen at a forest farm scenic spot in Arxan of Hinggan League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. An ice and snow festival will be held in Arxan City on Dec. 23. Rich in ice and snow resources, the city of Arxan has developed tourism industry in recent years to attract more visitors. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ARXAN-ICE AND SNOW TOURISM (CN)

CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ARXAN-ICE AND SNOW TOURISM (CN)

(231215) -- HINGGAN LEAGUE, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Spotted deer are seen at a forest farm in Arxan of Hinggan League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. An ice and snow festival will be held in Arxan City on Dec. 23. Rich in ice and snow resources, the city of Arxan has developed tourism industry in recent years to attract more visitors. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ARXAN-ICE AND SNOW TOURISM (CN)

CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ARXAN-ICE AND SNOW TOURISM (CN)

(231215) -- HINGGAN LEAGUE, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A horse is seen at a forest farm scenic spot in Arxan of Hinggan League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. An ice and snow festival will be held in Arxan City on Dec. 23. Rich in ice and snow resources, the city of Arxan has developed tourism industry in recent years to attract more visitors. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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A Shared Path | An artisan who turns bamboo into wealth

STORY: A Shared Path | An artisan who turns bamboo into wealth DATELINE: Oct. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:54 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY STORYLINE: Ghana In West Africa, Ghana has been traditionally known for its natural resources, ranging from gold to timber. However, forest coverage has been shrinking and many loggers are seeking alternative ways to make a living. For George Sarpong, the future lies in bamboo. The 31-year-old Ghanaian is trying to turn the plant deemed valueless by many locals into wealth. When you are sitting in your own house, you don't learn anything. You must get out of your house to learn. -- Ghanaian proverb Obogu, Ghana Sarpong has been a bamboo artisan for 23 years. He runs a bamboo workshop and recruits young people, many of whom used to be lumberjacks. SOUNDBITE (English): Sarpong and a young man "Hi, I was in the logging industry. But it was not a promising job. I see you have been making bamboo products here for some time. It interests me. Can I try and learn from

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