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The European Biomass satellite, built to assess carbon stocks in forests, has released a new collection of radar images: forests on the Angola–DR Congo border, thermokarst lakes on Yamal, the delta of the Berau River in Indonesia, and the Grace Glacier in Antarctica.
Aziz KarimovVoatsiperifery, a wild pepper endemic to Madagascar and highly prized by international chefs, is under threat: harvesters often cut down the vines together with their support trees, and the island's forests have shrunk by 27% between 1990 and 2025 according to FAO. The pepper sells in France for 150–200 euros per kilogram, but there is no national system for tracking harvesting and exports. Entrepreneurs are experimenting with plantation cultivation and organic certification.
Sevara Azamova
