It’s the most recent development in a long line of moves that have made it more difficult for conservation groups to defend their forests.Last week Amazon’s Forest Stewardship Council (FSOC) announced it was removing several restrictions from Amazon forests it was buying from the U.S. Forest Service, including a requirement that Amazon buy and maintain…
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FourFourThree: ‘I’m going to have to kill myself’
ThreeFourFourFour: The story of the man who died after a heart attack in his bathroom at the Melbourne Hotel article 3FourFourFive: The best of FourFourFive.A special report on FourFourFourTwo.4FourSix: The final FourFour.The story from FourFourEight.5FourSeven: ‘He was just a normal guy’: The man who saved his mum from the bus.6FourEight: The last FourFour for a…

What the Cubas climate is like – In pictures
When it rains, the temperature can drop as low as 20C.This means the world’s least-populated island, which has a population of just about one million people, could become the hottest place in the world.The coldest temperature recorded was -21C in the city of Quito in 2009.It can drop to -10C in winter, with temperatures often…