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Experts map matrix of certification standards at World Forestry Congress
Establishing certification standards for forestry and agricultural commodities is no straightforward matter, particularly for smallholder farmers. Voluntary standards of the…
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Q+A: Turbulence in the field: Winds of change buffet agroforestry in Vietnam
When Elisabeth Simelton was small, she was shocked by images on TV of children experiencing the famine that led to millions…
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Women coffee growers in Vietnam boost climate mitigation through agroforestry
Coffee agroforestry systems in Vietnam have significant capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by sequestering carbon and reducing the need…
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Q+A: Transforming payments for forest environmental services in Vietnam
Signaling its commitment to forest conservation and management, in 2008 Vietnam became the first country in Asia to introduce a…
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Planted forests in Vietnam enhance ecosystem goods and services
Bouncing back from the impact of war involves not only rethinking and reshaping policies to repair social, cultural and economic…
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‘Forestry is not fulfilling its promise to the rural poor’
According to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), 250 million people living in and around tropical forests or savannahs…
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Ban Ki-Moon: “We need to work together”
After the Korean War in the mid-1950s, the Korean peninsula was divided, its economy and society in shambles and its…
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Increasing ecosystem carbon is good for species, says new study
It is widely assumed that land uses that increase carbon in biomass and soil to mitigate climate change also benefit…
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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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A promising (but uncertain) future for tenure rights devolution
Over the past two decades, communities across the developing world have secured stronger rights to manage their forests, carried by…
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