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Combining climate-change adaptation and mitigation: a win-win option
Although rural landscapes can be managed to optimize both climate-change mitigation and adaptation, many climate-oriented development projects fail to take…
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Monitoring of carbon-rich wetlands a focus at U.N. climate talks
New guidelines for calculating carbon emissions from wetlands will provide a more accurate picture of buried treasure — a massive…
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Biodiversity “hotspots” more likely to have greater ecosystem co-benefits — study
Areas that are “hotspots” of biodiversity can carry higher value for other important ecosystem services, including carbon storage, water conservation…
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Forging a path for policymakers amid Mesoamerica climate uncertainty
TURRIALBA, Costa Rica (24 October 2013) — An increasingly warmer, drier climate in Central America and Mexico in the next…
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Smallholder agroforestry plots may boost tree conservation: Report
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 September, 2013)_When natural forests are threatened by deforestation or climate change, the best hope for the survival…
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Amazon smallholders use fast-growing timber to supplement income
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (15 August, 2013) — Smallholder farmers in the Amazon sell timber from trees that have grown…
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Free trade pacts target illegal timber exports
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (30 July, 2013) – A free trade agreement signed by Peru and the United States shows…
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Scientists seek out forest traditions in climate change fight
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (22 July, 2013) — How is a raised garden of cassava plants deep in the Brazilian…
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Trading fresh bushmeat and fish for frozen chicken lowers dietary diversity in Amazon
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (18 June 2013)_When indigenous people migrate from forest communities to towns, they leave behind their traditional…
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Q&A: ‘Traditional forest knowledge is not folklore, but a resource for change’
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (12 June 2013)_Researchers and policymakers have a lot to learn in designing and implementing climate change…
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Timber markets challenge Latin American forest communities
LIMA, Peru (12 June. 2013)_For indigenous communities and other forest dwellers in Latin America, reaping the benefits of timber depends…
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Guatemalan protected areas sideline the protectors
LIMA, Peru (11 June, 2013)_Guatemala’s protected areas safeguard some of last remaining forests, but they are also threatening the livelihoods…
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Diverse use of Guatemala’s biosphere reserve works best, research shows
LIMA, Peru (10 June, 2013)_New settlers, organized crime and climate change – these are just a few of the challenges…
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Bolivia’s Brazil nut gatherers must establish control over logging operations, says study
LIMA, Peru (7 June, 2013)_Brazil nut gatherers in northern Bolivia must play a greater role in overseeing commercial logging being…
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Farmers need stronger rights and incentives to preserve trees on farms in Africa: study
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 May, 2013)_Some farmers in Ghana kill saplings on their land over fears their food crops will one…
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