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Mangroves: A global treasure under threat
Indonesia contains the largest area of mangrove forest in the world About 3 million hectares of mangrove forest grow along…
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INTERACTIVE: Who has power over land use in Peru?
Land is business. Land is money. Land is power. This is why it’s often confusing to find out which actors…
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More forests, more power: Analyzing the viability of Belo Monte dam
Much of the controversy over hydropower plants in tropical nations is focused on what dam construction and flooding will do…
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Beyond carbon storage: the Congo Basin forest as rainmaker
Makarieva A.M., Gorshkov V.G. and Li B.L. 2009. Precipitation on land versus distance from the ocean: Evidence for a forest…
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Globalisation, logging concessions, conservation organisations and local people
By Robert Nasi, Director CGIAR Research Programme on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry A commonly held view in the developed part…
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Is REDD+ moving too slow? Not necessarily…
Angelsen, A. and McNeill, D. 2012 The evolution of REDD+. In: Angelsen, A., Brockhaus, M., Sunderlin, W.D. and Verchot, L.…
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Logging in tropical forests: not all is lost
Putz, F.E., Zuidema, P.A., Synnott, T., Peña-Claros, M., Pinard, M.A., Sheil, D., Vanclay, J.K., Sist, P., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Griscom, B.,…
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Forests and women – some encouraging signs
Introduction to the special issue on forests and gender Scenario-based actions to upgrade small-scale furniture producers and their impacts on…
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International investments in agriculture: Do the negative impacts outweigh the benefits?
For a copy of the report by Toulmin, C., Bindraba, P., Borras, S., Mwangi, E. and Saue, S. 2011 Land…
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The Matching Game: More on Protected Area Effectiveness
For a copy of the study by Andrew Nelson and Kenneth M. Chomitz, ‘Effectiveness of strict vs. multiple use protected…
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Fewer Farms = More Forest = Less Biodiversity?
Robson, J.P. and F. Berkes. 2011. Exploring some of the myths of land use change: Can rural to urban migration…
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How effective are protected areas in conserving biodiversity?
For a copy of the paper, click here. To read a press release on the study, click here.
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What does REDD+ really cost?
For a copy of the article by Fisher et al. published in Nature Climate Change, click here. For a Nature…
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The timber may be certified: but is it sustainable?
For a copy of the article by Cerutti et al. published in Forest Policy and Economics, click here. For a…
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‘Win-win’ is too simplistic a description for REDD+ – and possibly wrong
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 April, 2011)_Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) coupled with co-benefits such as biodiversity conservation, sustainable…
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