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Forests play an important role in regulating the water balance, their evaporation slows down the overheating of their own and their environment. At the same time, they sequester carbon dioxide. In order for forestry to serve these social needs at a ...

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Efforts to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian energy following the invasion of Ukraine have left significant vulnerabilities within the continent’s energy system. Hungary has emerged as one of the final strongholds of Russian energy influence in ...

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