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Prunus africana: A sustainable management reality check
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom—It may seem unlikely that a tree known locally as “red stinkwood” would elicit the kind of attention…
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Smart reforestation must go beyond carbon: expert
BOGOR, Indonesia – Keeping carbon stored in trees. That’s one major way of tackling climate change. Natural regeneration, replanting, native tree…
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Less laws, more communication, collaboration and capacity needed: expert
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom—Weak government institutions often hamper international conventions and treaties related to protecting forest resources, a leading expert says.…
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REDD ink: Forest efforts in Peru all but absent from news media
BOGOR, Indonesia—Peru has received international recognition for pushing ahead with programs to tackle climate change and deforestation, but those efforts…
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Peatland loss could emit 2,800 years’ worth of carbon in an evolutionary eyeblink: study
BOGOR, Indonesia—Scientists monitoring the amount of carbon accumulated in Indonesia’s peatland forests over thousands of years have predicted that millions…
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Can military decentralization tactics bring innovation to conservation?
Editor’s Note: Forest conservation will be a theme of discussion at the upcoming Forests Asia Summit, 5-6 May in Jakarta, Indonesia. At the…
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BEST OF 2013: Javan leopards on camera
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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Defining “forest” could improve REDD+ monitoring in Indonesia
If policymakers fail to consider carefully how they define forests, they risk compromising the potential success of the U.N.-backed REDD+…
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Q+A: How do local forest communities in the Amazon feel about REDD+?
KITAFUJI, Japan (21 June 2013) – Relatively little is known about how local forest people feel about schemes to reduce…
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Policy makers in Indonesia choose community participation as best for the future
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 June, 2013)_Decision makers in West Kalimantan, Indonesia believe that mining, agriculture and oil palm developments are inevitable,…
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