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Study brings satellite data down to earth for biomass tracking
For really accurate calculations of tree cover, or above-ground biomass, there’s no substitute for getting out into the woods with…
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‘Learning how to learn’ is crucial for researchers in the field
When a team of scientists set out to study women’s participation in community forest management in communities in Nicaragua, they…
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Tackling the science ‘misinformation machine’
How is the coronavirus like climate change? Both are invisible to the naked eye, their impacts reverberate around the world,…
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Considering context in participatory forest landscape initiatives
Why do some participatory processes help level the playing field in conservation and development projects while others reinforce unequal power…
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Sustainable wildlife management key as Guyana faces rapid economic change
If you drive along a rural road in Guyana’s southern Rupununi region at night, your headlights are likely to pick…
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Life lessons: Teaching conservation and celebrating culture in Guyana
Late one sunny afternoon in September, in teacher Kim Spencer’s ninth-grade class, groups of students raced each other to guess…
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Planning a sustainable future for Rupununi fisheries in Guyana
The vast savannah in Guyana’s southern Rupununi region has varying moods. From April through August, the rainy season, it turns…
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Rupununi region in Guyana rides ecotourism wave
Tourism in Guyana’s southern Rupununi region has long been a small business aimed at foreign visitors. But growing demand for…
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Keeping wild meat on the table
When Denkel Ilipi was 10 years old, his grandfather took him to the forest and to the river, teaching him…
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What Peru’s government officials think of collective titling
To legally obtain title to their community lands, indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon must navigate a maze of legal…
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