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Follow the money or follow the logs?
It’s easy to point fingers at a particular country’s illegal log trade, but we need to keep in mind that…
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Institutions should facilitate local forest monitoring
For many policy analysts and scholars, turning forest management over to governments, particularly as protected areas, is one way to…
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How can bamboo reduce vulnerability to climate change, while providing income for local communities?
By Tim Cronin, INBAR Cancun, Mexico, 1st December, 2010: As negotiators struggle to break the north-south deadlock on climate change action,…
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Carbon Emotions
By Nathan Russell, CIMMYT Now that there is wide agreement on the potential of REDD+ as a low-cost and effective approach…
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The Joy of Forest Day
By Robert Gibson, Hong Kong After the gloom of ocean acidification, Forest Day was a joyful experience. Here were around 1,500…
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Development or climate change; development while solving climate change
By Beverly Natividad The way climate change is often reported it seems like it is an issue that clashes with…
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Land use a contentious issue still
Meena Menon, Mumbai, India – The Hindu While REDD plus has been hogging the limelight, a significant agreement which is…
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Nature over oil: A wise or crazy choice?
By Beverly Natividad It takes political will and a clear vision ahead to make a country to close its doors…
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Of layering, piggybacking and bundling
By Meena Menon, Mumbai, India – The Hindu If you ever thought that these terms would apply to forests, think…
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A priceless forest
By Beverly Natividad It sounded like one of those credit card advertisements that pointed to putting value to an experience,…
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