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  "path": "/politics/2026/02/agriculture-land-conversion-grasslands-wetlands-forests-carbon-sinks/",
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  "textContent": "This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Agriculture is widely known to be the biggest driver of forest destruction globally, especially in sprawling, high-profile ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest. But new research published this week finds that non-forest ecosystems—the world’s grasslands, savannas, and wetlands—are being devoured […]",
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