But in the Brazilian Amazon, that question lies at the heart of one of the world's most persistent environmental challenges.

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Property owners increasingly choose conservation easements to protect Montana land from development, prompting land trust ...

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Though the state might be the ultimate authority in deciding the fate of the land and its resources, it is nevertheless bound by obligations enshrined in the Constitution and laws of the land to ...

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In the wake of Town Meeting rejecting taking by eminent domain an easement to access conservation land off Shutesbury Road, several residents are calling on the Select Board to put an end to related ...

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