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The population growth is affecting the environment globally.

"Collective community-based rights could put the world's fisheries on a sustainable footing after decades of over-exploitation, an expert suggests."

The following article talks about how 2 local environmental activists Zé Cláudio Ribeiro and his wife Maria do Espirito Santo were shot outside their house by illegal loggers who were upset with them protecting the rainforest. On the same day that they were killed Brazil passed a new law making it easier for loggers, cattle farmers etc. to cut down parts of the rainforest reducing Brazil's Commons.

Carbon markets have lost us more than 15 years in the battle against climate change yet we continue to plough forward with scaling them up. Why? Some hope that this global expansion of carbon markets will revive their fortunes, helping to raise billions for investments in low-carbon and climate change mitigation technologies. this article shows in a scense how market failure has negative impacts on the environment.