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Building fairness into Indonesia’s carbon market: Lessons from East Kalimantan
East Kalimantan has long stood at the forefront of Indonesia’s forest and climate initiatives. Home to some of the country’s most…
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Are community rights being upheld in REDD+ safeguards processes and landscapes in East Kalimantan?
This blog presents preliminary findings of our research on REDD+ safeguards in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province. The results were validated…
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Researchers to support East Kalimantan’s low-carbon emission programme with impact evaluation
Nestled in the eastern part of Borneo island, East Kalimantan is one of the provinces in Indonesia that takes the…
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East Kalimantan to trial new REDD+ safeguards system
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 September 2012)_ The Indonesian government plans to conduct a trial of a new system that will provide…
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Life amid the fires and haze of Central Kalimantan
In Central Kalimantan, schoolchildren are missing classes, farmers are losing their harvests, and orangutans are losing their homes. The effects…
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Q&A on fires and haze in Southeast Asia
Editor’s Note: An updated fact file on the fires and haze was published on 30 October 2015. Read it here.…
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Case in Kalimantan points to progress in protecting forests for food security
As the links between tropical forests and food security have become ever clearer in recent years, experts at a recent…
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Q&A on fires and haze in Southeast Asia
BOGOR, Indonesia — Fires in forests and former forest lands occur in Indonesia in the dry season every year, particularly…
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Charred lands: fertile grounds for sustainable agriculture in Kalimantan?
BOGOR, Indonesia (06 July, 2012)_ In the Amazon, it’s called Terra Preta. In the tribal tongues of Indonesia’s East Kalimantan…
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Indonesia sets aside 45% of forest-rich Kalimantan to be world’s lungs
BOGOR, Indonesia (25 January, 2012) _ Following a moratorium on new logging concessions last year, Indonesia has allocated 45 percent…
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Central Kalimantan May Complete Provincial REDD+ Strategy in 2 Months
PALANGKA RAYA, Indonesia (19 July, 2011)_Central Kalimantan government expects to complete a provincial strategy on Reducing Emission from Deforestation and…
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Governance, not just carbon accounting, is key to jurisdictional REDD+ success
Evidence from Indonesia, Brazil and Peru shows that jurisdictional REDD+ is more likely to succeed when Indigenous Peoples and local…
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The honey bargain: How bees keep forests standing
There is a moment before dawn in the dry montane forests of Lambayeque, in northern Peru, when the air is…
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REDD+ can make poor households more vulnerable
Protecting tropical forests while supporting local communities is the core idea behind Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+),…
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