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COP23 Special: Recognizing gender bias, restoring forests
One woman described the centuries-old, female-centered production of argan oil in Morocco and the recent degradation of the country’s forests.…
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COP23 Special: ‘No Paris without peatlands’
In the hot, tented meeting rooms of the global climate conference in Bonn, peatlands are never far away. This is…
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COP23 Special: From Balikpapan to global climate action
Join discussions on the topics mentioned here with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and partners at COP23 on…
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In Indonesia, finding the right ways to fight fire and haze
On the eve of talks in Pekanbaru, Riau, on best practices to prevent fire and haze, Center for International Forestry…
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On the edge of forests, change comes in many forms
Change is a fact of life. But for those living in landscapes of forests and farms, nowadays, that change can…
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There is more to farming than yields, and more to forests than trees
On the sidelines of the 2017 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Annual Meeting in Merida, Mexico, and following a…
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Moving past tree planting, expanding our definition of forests and restoration
What is a forest? And how do you restore one? These seemingly simple questions were interrogated – with a focus…
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Helping Indonesian craftsmen go global, sustainably
On the eve of discussions in Jakarta about local wood enterprises and Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licensing,…
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Getting down and dirty in degraded lands
Tropical peatlands are massive carbon sinks. But what happens when they are depleted of the water that sustains them, or…
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Finding good food in the forest
The recipe for dokoum, or croquettes made from the wild temple plant, calls for the fresh leaves of Crataeva religiosa,…
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For a better Borneo, new map reveals how much terrain has changed
When a tree falls in Borneo, does it make a sound? A new interactive atlas developed by the Center for…
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What’s on CIFOR’s holiday reading list?
With holidays approaching, now is the time to catch up on those articles, books and films missed out on over…
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REDD+, conservation and rural livelihoods
The ambitious global strategy to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation known as REDD+ rocketed to the top of…
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Understanding the ways we use wildlife
Evidence of Pygmy culture in sub-Saharan Africa dates back more than 20,000 years. With forests playing an integral role in…
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