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World deforestation, biodiversity crisis, Cyclone Kenneth and a peckish 83 year old protestor
In Forests News last week: Earth Day: Can Sumatran elephants and people coexist? This multimedia story equipped with beautiful shots…
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Oil: Green deceit and a Trump defeat, and did climate change cause Cyclone Idai?
In Forests News last week: International Day of Forests: Two heads look to a future of restoration Director-General of CIFOR,…
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EU lands palm oil blow, student climate strikes, air pollution worse than smoking
In Forests News last week: Palm oil’s complex land conflicts Oil palm plantations are encroaching into state owned forest areas…
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Leopards on the loose, a planet inferno, and will fast food giants spark a Domino’s effect for climate change?
Your most popular post on Forests News last week: Agricultural intensification has fed the world, but are we healthier? …
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Are ‘No deforestation’ commitments working?
In 2014, many of the world’s major companies buying, trading or producing palm oil and pulp and paper made a…
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New map helps track palm-oil supply chains in Borneo
In 2013, a number of major palm-oil buyers, traders and producers promised to stop clearing natural forests. The global multi-billion-dollar…
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Financing farmers: Can funds for oil palm help save our forests?
Palm oil: people love it, hate it or maybe just use it without even knowing. The controversial vegetable oil is…
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Delving into drivers of deforestation
Debates over forest loss in Borneo generally focus on the extent to which industrial plantations are to blame: those on…
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“Slash and burn” works, given time and space
It’s long been stigmatized, blamed for destroying forests and releasing greenhouse gases. But, when done properly, shifting cultivation can create…
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Best of 2014: Book takes long look at a controversial crop
BOGOR, Indonesia—Palm oil was a hot topic in 2014, with demand for—and antipathy toward—the tropical forest commodity reaching record highs…
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