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As COP31 opens in Antalya, countries have an opportunity to build on previous climate commitments and accelerate action, with adaptation, finance, the energy transition and forests high on the agenda

Climate finance must work with community forest management

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The study examines how payment-for-ecosystem-services programmes affect community forest management in Meghalaya and Odisha, and how climate finance can support local priorities.

Forest managers, not labourers: What community forests can teach climate finance

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A new study of community forests in the Indian states of Odisha and Meghalaya examines how local stewardship could inform the design of climate finance and payment-for-ecosystem-services programmes.

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Forest managers, not labourers: What community forests can teach climate finance

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A new study of community forests in the Indian states of Odisha and Meghalaya examines how local stewardship could inform the design of climate finance and payment-for-ecosystem-services programmes.
Forests, climate change, and biodiversity: Win-win-win

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Healthy, biodiverse forests are better able to withstand climate change and continue storing carbon. Sustainable forest management can support both biodiversity and climate mitigation when forests are managed as functioning ecosystems.
In Timor, climate resilience starts with women

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Through community-led field schools, over 700 rural women in East Nusa Tenggara are tackling dry spells, patriarchal norms and household poverty with climate-smart farming and economic self-reliance.
How will the sustainable use of wild species be featured at CBD COP17?

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Translating global targets into national action
The other 70%: Why “30×30” won’t fix biodiversity loss on its own

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Don’t lose sight of the landscapes beyond protected areas, urge scientists as countries count progress towards the global biodiversity framework in Yerevan

Forests, climate change, and biodiversity: Win-win-win

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Healthy, biodiverse forests are better able to withstand climate change and continue storing carbon. Sustainable forest management can support both biodiversity and climate mitigation when forests are managed as functioning ecosystems.
How will the sustainable use of wild species be featured at CBD COP17?

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EN, ES, ID

Translating global targets into national action
The other 70%: Why “30×30” won’t fix biodiversity loss on its own

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Don’t lose sight of the landscapes beyond protected areas, urge scientists as countries count progress towards the global biodiversity framework in Yerevan
Wait, what?! There’s more life in a teaspoon of soil than people on Earth

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Why “dirt” is one of the most valuable — and misunderstood — resources on the planet.

Making deforestation-free value chains fairer: What does the ‘+’ in GESI+ really mean?

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As governments and companies prepare for the European Union Deforestation Regulation, inclusion and intersectionality are becoming central to what “sustainable” really means.
Land degradation could cost us the Earth

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How can we craft and implement policy to restore our planet?
Regulating global trade without harming agroforestry farms?

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The debate over the European Union(EU)’s deforestation-free regulation and its unintended risks
Is simplicity always best?

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Scientists debate if a complex landscapes approach should be embraced

The genetics behind better tree seed

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How new seed sources are helping to strengthen landscape restoration
A new chapter for sustainable palm oil in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Decades after transforming the global palm oil industry, Yangambi is rebuilding its own production – this time with the protection of forests in mind.
From students to co-designers: Shaping the future of restoration education

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Student consultants in Asia and Africa are identifying training gaps, shaping curricula and helping connect educators across two continents.
From evidence to investment: COP17 puts finance at the heart of the Great Green Wall Initiative

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At UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, African governments, researchers, development partners and investors examined how evidence from restoration efforts across the Great Green Wall can help turn proven approaches into investment-ready programmes.

Forest managers, not labourers: What community forests can teach climate finance

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A new study of community forests in the Indian states of Odisha and Meghalaya examines how local stewardship could inform the design of climate finance and payment-for-ecosystem-services programmes.
In Timor, climate resilience starts with women

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Through community-led field schools, over 700 rural women in East Nusa Tenggara are tackling dry spells, patriarchal norms and household poverty with climate-smart farming and economic self-reliance.
Young leaders from China and Europe test a shared vision for mountain bioeconomies

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From mushroom markets and flower farms to forest restoration and Indigenous knowledge, a summer school in China’s Yunnan province explored how bioeconomies can create livelihoods.
From wild harvest to woodlot: Can masoi make conservation pay?

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Sustainable bark harvesting could offer much-needed income for Papua New Guinea’s Managalas communities, if the resource holds, says Joshua Ombo.

Who defines “high-integrity” carbon? In Peru, Indigenous groups are not waiting for an answer

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A world-first Indigenous-led REDD+ coalition is moving ahead, testing whether sociocultural integrity can work in practice
Paamari: Reclaiming ancestral fire management in the Peruvian Amazon

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An Asháninka organization has combined ancestral knowledge with satellite monitoring to reduce wildfires dramatically.
Governance, not just carbon accounting, is key to jurisdictional REDD+ success

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Evidence from East Kalimantan, Pará and Peru shows that credible jurisdictional REDD+ depends on informed consent, accountable institutions and real decision-making power for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Living with fire: Why the Pan-Amazon needs prevention, not just suppression

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As El Niño intensifies, evidence from across the Amazon basin shows why Amazon wildfire prevention depends on Indigenous knowledge and fire governance built from the territories up.

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