A colorful frog on a branch. Photo by Thomas Marent.

Read this excerpt from Rainforest: Dispatches from Earth’s Most Vital Frontlines to find out what makes rainforests so valuable for our planet.

A colorful frog on a branch. Photo by Thomas Marent.

Photos from the book Rainforest showcase the beauty and diversity of our planet's rainforests.

After some seven decades of mixed results in development assistance, there is a growing consensus that the greatest challenge is governance—in both the recipient and the donor countries.

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This blog originally appeared on JunauEmpire.com and is reposted with permission.

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