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Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find Deforestation has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found. Land clearance is raising the temperature in the rainforests of the Amazon, Congo and south-east Asia because it reduces shade, diminishes rainfall and increases the risk of fire, the authors of the paper found. Continue reading...

Jonathan D. Rosenand Sebastián A. Cutrona , eds. Mano dura policies in Latin America. New York and Oxon: Routledge, 2023. Figures, tables, index, 216 pp.; paperback £31.99, eBook £31.99.