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Urca Oil and Gas Production Field Development - Brazil

A worker operates an oil well at the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, on Oct. 16, 2025. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil's Amazonas state, is one of the country's most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Urca Oil and Gas Production Field Development - Brazil

A worker checks the growth of seedlings at the ecological nursery of the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, on Oct. 17, 2025. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil's Amazonas state, is one of the country's most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Urca Oil and Gas Production Field Development - Brazil

This photo taken on Oct. 17, 2025 shows pipelines stretching through the tropical rainforest at the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil's Amazonas state, is one of the country's most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Urca Oil and Gas Production Field Development - Brazil

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2025 shows liquefied petroleum gas storage tanks standing in the production area of the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil's Amazonas state, is one of the country's most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Urca Oil and Gas Production Field Development - Brazil

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2025 shows the production facilities of the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil's Amazonas state, is one of the country's most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Urca Oil and Gas Production Field Development - Brazil

This photo taken on Oct. 17, 2025 shows artificially cultivated tropical rainforest plants in an ecological nursery at the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil's Amazonas state, is one of the country's most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Urca Oil and Gas Production Field Development - Brazil

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2025 shows a worker riding past liquefied petroleum gas storage tanks at the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil's Amazonas state, is one of the country's most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Urca Oil and Gas Production Field Development - Brazil

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2025 shows the production facilities of the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil's Amazonas state, is one of the country's most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Urca Oil and Gas Production Field Development - Brazil

A worker examines seeds used for cultivating tropical rainforest vegetation at the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, Oct. 17, 2025. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil's Amazonas state, is one of the country's most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Urca Oil and Gas Production Field Development - Brazil

A worker conducts a routine inspection at the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, on Oct. 16, 2025. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil's Amazonas state, is one of the country's most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Urca Oil and Gas Production Field Development - Brazil

This photo taken on Oct. 17, 2025 shows tropical rainforest vegetation near the Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. The Urucu Oil and Gas Production Field, located in the heart of Brazil's Amazonas state, is one of the country's most important onshore oil and gas production bases. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, it has operated steadily since its start-up in 1988, supplying oil and natural gas that support energy needs across northern Brazil. According to its operator Petrobras, the field has preserved about 98 percent of its area as native forest, carries out rainwater recycling, waste recovery, and reforestation programs and plants more than 1.5 million native trees. Photo by Wang Tiancong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Reforestation Polemic

The eye-level view is seen in the forest degradation process as one of the locations where the Leuser Ecosystem forest area has been converted into an oil palm plantation. The picture was taken at coordinates 3.967193° N 98.020768° E on June 6 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) protested against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area in particular the border between the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. "Until now, this six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area and has reaped a series of flood disasters after," said Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Reforestation Polemic

An environmentalism activist is seen while investigating the eye-level view of the condition of one of the locations where the Leuser Ecosystem forest area has been converted into an oil palm plantation. The picture was taken at coordinates 3.967193° N 98.020768° E on June 6 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) protested against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area in particular the border between the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. "Until now, this six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area and has reaped a series of flood disasters after," said Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Reforestation Polemic

An environmentalism activist is seen while investigating the eye-level view of the condition of one of the locations where the Leuser Ecosystem forest area has been converted into an oil palm plantation. The picture was taken at coordinates 3.967193° N 98.020768° E on June 6 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) protested against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area in particular the border between the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. "Until now, this six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area and has reaped a series of flood disasters after," said Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Reforestation Polemic

The eye-level view is seen in the forest degradation process as one of the locations where the Leuser Ecosystem forest area has been converted into an oil palm plantation. The picture was taken at coordinates of 3.967193° N 98.020768° E on June 6 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) protested against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area in particular the border between the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. "Until now, this six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area and has reaped a series of flood disasters after," said Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Reforestation Polemic

The eye-level view is seen in the forest degradation process as one of the locations where the Leuser Ecosystem forest area has been converted into an oil palm plantation. The picture was taken at coordinates of 3.967193° N 98.020768° E on June 6 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) protested against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area in particular the border between the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. "Until now, this six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area and has reaped a series of flood disasters after," said Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Reforestation Polemic

The eye-level view is seen in the forest degradation process as one of the locations where the Leuser Ecosystem forest area has been converted into an oil palm plantation. The picture was taken at coordinates of 3.967193° N 98.020768° E on June 6 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) protested against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area in particular the border between the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. "Until now, this six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area and has reaped a series of flood disasters after," said Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Reforestation Polemic

Environmental activists are seen to make a different way to protest against the degradation condition of one of the locations where the Leuser Ecosystem forest area has been converted into an oil palm plantation. The picture was taken at coordinates of 3.967193° N 98.020768° E on June 6, 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) protested against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area in particular the border between the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. "Until now, this six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area and has reaped a series of flood disasters after," said Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Reforestation Polemic

An environmentalism activist is seen while investigating the eye-level view of the condition of one of the locations where the Leuser Ecosystem forest area has been converted into an oil palm plantation. The picture was taken at coordinates 3.967193° N 98.020768° E on June 6 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) protested against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area in particular the border between the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. "Until now, this six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area and has reaped a series of flood disasters after," said Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Reforestation Polemic

The eye-level view is seen in the forest degradation process as one of the locations where the Leuser Ecosystem forest area has been converted into an oil palm plantation. The picture was taken at coordinates of 3.967193° N 98.020768° E on June 6 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) protested against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area in particular the border between the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. "Until now, this six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area and has reaped a series of flood disasters after," said Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia's Reforestation Polemic

Wild Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) footprints are seen on the ground surface inside one of the locations where the Leuser Ecosystem forest area has been converted into an oil palm plantation. The picture was taken at coordinates 03°57'45.0" N 098°01'36.5" E on June 6 2018. The Non-Governmental Organization Sustainable Forest Advocacy (Lembahtari) protested against several oil palm plantations within the Gunung Leuser National Park area in particular the border between the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. "Until now, this six-year-old palm oil plantation has been absorbing the community's water pockets in the Gunung Leuser protected forest area and has reaped a series of flood disasters after," said Lembahtari Chairman, Sayed Zainal. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ORDOS-DESERT REFORESTATION (CN)

(230815) -- ORDOS, Aug. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villager Zhou Zhizhong clears salix branches in Dalad Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Aug. 11, 2023. The Yellow River makes a gigantic "U-turn" across the western part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China, which is noted for its long history of civilization, rich reserve of energy resources, and unfortunately, vulnerable ecological environment due to the rampant deserts of Kubuqi and Maowusu. For decades, people living by the deserts have been devoting themselves to reforestation campaigns under guidance and support from the local authorities. After generations of dedication, reforestation efforts in the region become increasingly systematic, scientific, and industrialized. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ORDOS-DESERT REFORESTATION (CN)

(230815) -- ORDOS, Aug. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 21, 2023 shows trees growing at a privately-run pasture in Hanggin Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Yellow River makes a gigantic "U-turn" across the western part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China, which is noted for its long history of civilization, rich reserve of energy resources, and unfortunately, vulnerable ecological environment due to the rampant deserts of Kubuqi and Maowusu. For decades, people living by the deserts have been devoting themselves to reforestation campaigns under guidance and support from the local authorities. After generations of dedication, reforestation efforts in the region become increasingly systematic, scientific, and industrialized. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ORDOS-DESERT REFORESTATION (CN)

(230815) -- ORDOS, Aug. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members sow seeds at a nursery garden of a desertification control station in Hanggin Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on July 22, 2023. The Yellow River makes a gigantic "U-turn" across the western part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China, which is noted for its long history of civilization, rich reserve of energy resources, and unfortunately, vulnerable ecological environment due to the rampant deserts of Kubuqi and Maowusu. For decades, people living by the deserts have been devoting themselves to reforestation campaigns under guidance and support from the local authorities. After generations of dedication, reforestation efforts in the region become increasingly systematic, scientific, and industrialized. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ORDOS-DESERT REFORESTATION (CN)

(230815) -- ORDOS, Aug. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villager Gao Eryun checks the growth of desert plants in Dalad Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Aug. 11, 2023. The Yellow River makes a gigantic "U-turn" across the western part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China, which is noted for its long history of civilization, rich reserve of energy resources, and unfortunately, vulnerable ecological environment due to the rampant deserts of Kubuqi and Maowusu. For decades, people living by the deserts have been devoting themselves to reforestation campaigns under guidance and support from the local authorities. After generations of dedication, reforestation efforts in the region become increasingly systematic, scientific, and industrialized. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ORDOS-DESERT REFORESTATION (CN)

(230815) -- ORDOS, Aug. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 14, 2023 shows the trees growing at a privately-run forestry land in Maowusu Desert, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Yellow River makes a gigantic "U-turn" across the western part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China, which is noted for its long history of civilization, rich reserve of energy resources, and unfortunately, vulnerable ecological environment due to the rampant deserts of Kubuqi and Maowusu. For decades, people living by the deserts have been devoting themselves to reforestation campaigns under guidance and support from the local authorities. After generations of dedication, reforestation efforts in the region become increasingly systematic, scientific, and industrialized. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-ORDOS-DESERT REFORESTATION (CN)

(230815) -- ORDOS, Aug. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Ningbu, a veteran village party secretary, walks in his pasture in Hanggin Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on July 21, 2023. The Yellow River makes a gigantic "U-turn" across the western part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China, which is noted for its long history of civilization, rich reserve of energy resources, and unfortunately, vulnerable ecological environment due to the rampant deserts of Kubuqi and Maowusu. For decades, people living by the deserts have been devoting themselves to reforestation campaigns under guidance and support from the local authorities. After generations of dedication, reforestation efforts in the region become increasingly systematic, scientific, and industrialized. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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National park restoration project new paradigm in Greece's reforestation

STORY: National park restoration project new paradigm in Greece's reforestation DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. Aerial shots of the National Park of Sounion 2. various of reforestation of the National Park of Sounion 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): NICOS GEORGIADIS, Forest management officer, WWF Greece 4. various of reforestation of the National Park of Sounion by the environmental organization WWF Greece 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): NICOS GEORGIADIS, Forest management officer, WWF Greece 6. various of reforestation of the National Park of Sounion by the environmental organization WWF Greece 7. Aerial shots of the National Park of Sounion 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Greek): MARIA STATHI, Archaeologist of the Ephorate of Antiquities of East Attica STORYLINE: Devastated twice in a decade (in 2012 and 2021) by wildfires, part of the Sounion National Park, 9 km north of the ancient Temple of Poseidon that overlooks the Aegean Sea and about 40 km south of Athens, could no lon

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Foreign Ministry to have NGO refrain from accepting subsidies

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Toyama, head of the Japan Association for Greening Deserts, a Japanese nongovernmental organization (NGO) helping China in reforestation projects, speaks at a news conference in Tottori, western Japan, on Feb. 24. The Japanese Foreign Ministry will demand that the NGO, found to have falsified documents to receive government subsidies last year, refrain from accepting the subsidies for fiscal 2002.

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-UNHCR-REFORESTATION PROGRAM

(220828) -- TANZANIA, Aug. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), speaks at a news conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Aug. 26, 2022. Tanzania and the UN refugee agency are in negotiations to launch a reforestation program in refugee-hosting regions of Kigoma and Kagera, the UN refugee agency chief said on Friday evening. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-UNHCR-REFORESTATION PROGRAM

(220828) -- TANZANIA, Aug. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), speaks at a news conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Aug. 26, 2022. Tanzania and the UN refugee agency are in negotiations to launch a reforestation program in refugee-hosting regions of Kigoma and Kagera, the UN refugee agency chief said on Friday evening. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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China's anti-desertification efforts inspirational: Iraqi minister

STORY: China's anti-desertification efforts inspirational: Iraqi minister DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of China's tree-plating effortsvarious of forestsSOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): JASSIM AL-FALAHI, Iraqi Minister of EnvironmentSOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): JASSIM AL-FALAHI, Iraqi Minister of EnvironmentSOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): JASSIM AL-FALAHI, Iraqi Minister of Environment STORYLINE: Iraqi Environment Minister Jassim al-Falahi said China's experience in reforestation and fighting desertification has injected lots of inspiration into the Middle East country. He made the remarks on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought marked by the United Nations on June 17 every year. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): JASSIM AL-FALAHI, Iraqi Minister of Environment "We really commend the great positive steps taken by the People's Republic of China, especially in the field of anti-desertification and forestry, and this vegetation cover is definitely o

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Foreign Ministry to have NGO refrain from accepting subsidies

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Toyama, head of the Japan Association for Greening Deserts, a Japanese nongovernmental organization (NGO) helping China in reforestation projects, speaks at a news conference in Tottori, western Japan, on Feb. 24. The Japanese Foreign Ministry will demand that the NGO, found to have falsified documents to receive government subsidies last year, refrain from accepting the subsidies for fiscal 2002. (Kyodo)