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Well-meaning tenure reforms can’t quash land conflicts
When countries revise their land and forest tenure laws, whereby rights are granted to people who depend on forests for…
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Is deforestation in Borneo slowing down?
When people talk about deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia, palm oil often gets the blame. Demand for the versatile vegetable…
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Global climate action is nothing without local backing
Global climate negotiations take place on the international stage, bolstered by countries’ national policies. But preventing greenhouse gas emissions from…
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Mexico’s REDD+ still highly centralized
Mexico was among the first countries to launch a strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation…
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Bringing biodiversity’s benefits home
As negotiators from around the world meet at the UN Biodiversity Conference 7–19 December in Montreal, Canada, to finalize a…
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New Papua Atlas tracks impact of plantations, roads on forests
Thanks to its remote location and sparse population, Indonesian Papua, on the western side of the island of New Guinea,…
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Taste for gorilla and chimp meat fuels illicit trade
Gorilla meat remains a delicacy in Cameroon, even though hunting great apes is illegal in the country. And while the…
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To fix landscapes, first get the right tools
By pledging to restore millions of hectares of deforested and degraded land, countries take a first step on a road…
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Women left out of forest decisions
Firewood for fuel, fruits to feed their families, palm fiber for baskets, medicinal plants to heal their children — women…
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Forests could keep the buzz in your coffee
From friends meeting over cappuccino in the local café to students pulling all-nighters, we humans count on coffee to put…
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