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Interview: Forest loss hurting food security in Indonesia
The loss of Indonesia’s forests is not helping the country’s food security, according to a top official with the World Food…
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FORESTS NEWS UPDATE: Prostates, Prunus and policy: A remarkable tree, a contested study, and tough choices ahead
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Forests News on 26 February. We are republishing it to include a…
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Peru Minister: ‘We are not going to repeat Kyoto’
Editor’s Note: Minister Pulgar-Vidal’s speech can be watched in its entirety above. Check in at forestasia.org to see news updates from the Forests…
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Funds plentiful, but will is weak to fuel low-carbon economy: experts
Editor’s Note: Check in at forestasia.org to see news updates from the Forests Asia Summit. Videos of all presentations and speeches at the…
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Singaporean Minister: Economic interests causing ‘environmental vandalism’
Editor’s Note: Minister Balakrishnan’s speech can be watched in its entirety, above. His address begins at the 20:14 mark. Check in at forestasia.org to…
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CIFOR Director General: ‘Our world is at a turning point’
Editor’s Note: Peter Holmgren’s speech can be watched above. Check in at forestasia.org to see news updates from the Forests Asia Summit. JAKARTA,…
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Indonesian president issues call to arms at ‘turning point’ for climate, development, forests
Editor’s Note: Check in at forestasia.org to see news updates from the Forests Asia Summit. Videos of all presentations and speeches at the…
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Q+A: Study shows trees accumulate more carbon as they age
BOGOR, Indonesia (4 February 2014) — Rather than slowing down with age, trees grow faster as they get larger, new research…
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Finding a balance among charcoal, timber and livelihoods in Zambia
Demand for charcoal is all but ubiquitous in Zambia – 70 percent of households in the country use the inexpensive…
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Communities adapting to loss of forest ecosystem services — World Bank
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (17 July, 2013) — For years, it has been a bit of conventional wisdom among researchers…
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