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From sustainable forest management to restoration
Two years ago, COVID was keeping us all in our houses, and I had time to think. Perhaps that’s what…
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Moving forward on gender equality in forestry
A conversation with Carol J. Pierce Colfer (CIFOR/Cornell University), with contributions from Seema Arora-Jonsson (Swedish University of Life Sciences), Markus…
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BEST OF 2013, POLEX: Can rural women also have it all?
Editor’s Note: CIFOR’s wide-ranging research in 2013 made it a busy year for Forests News. From Brazil nuts to board games;…
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Are women “victims” of climate change?
At a glance: Women are thought to be poorer and more dependent on natural resources than men. A lack of…
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Can rural women also have it all? Voices of “elite women” important for truly oppressed
In recent months, two new “third-wave feminist” writings have become the talk of the town: Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Why Women Still…
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Forests and women – some encouraging signs
One of the first professional positions I held was as a ‘Women in Development Specialist’ in the early 1980s. Despite…
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Health of forest people needs more attention for welfare and environment
ETNA, United States (10 April, 2012)_Better understanding of the health of forest dwellers is required to both protect their human…
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Harnessing the Timber Companies: Vignettes from a Year in Borneo
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 March, 2012)_Much forest research has focused on logging. This excerpt from Vignettes from a Year in Borneo briefly…
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Where there is no Doctor: Vignettes from a year in Borneo
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 March, 2012)_CIFOR has already devoted some of its research effort to looking at the health of people…
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Vignettes of a year in Borneo: land in dispute
BOGOR, Indonesia (9 March, 2011)_This book tells a story. We lived in the middle of Borneo, as a family, working…
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