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As cocoa prices soar, why are the benefits so unbalanced?
Have you noticed how chocolate is getting more expensive? If you haven’t yet, you likely will soon: cocoa prices have…
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America’s legacy in its second term as facilitator of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership
During the first term of the U.S. leadership of the newly created Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) from 2003 to…
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Lima call for climate action: Paving the way to revisit Central Africa’s adaptation agenda
One of the main outputs of the UNFCCC COP 20 in Lima was significant progress on recognizing the importance of adaptation when…
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The US-Africa Leaders Summit: Perspectives from the Congo Basin
The recent US-Africa Leaders Summit brought attention to several initiatives that seek to improve resilience and biodiversity in Central Africa—and…
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Sustainable development in the Congo Basin: Moving beyond the biodiversity agenda
Editor’s Note: A version of this article was published in the newsletter of the Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program of the…
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Deforestation low in Congo Basin, but likely to increase
Deforestation in Central Africa’s Congo Basin is lower than the average rate across Africa — but that is not likely…
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United States is back as facilitator in Congo Basin Forest Partnership
This blog post was originally published on the website of the Environmental Leadership Program at UC Berkeley Although President Barack…
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Beyond carbon storage: the Congo Basin forest as rainmaker
Responses to climate change are grouped into two main categories: mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change) and…
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Trouble ahead if forests and adaptation are not considered in the post Rio+20 era
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (16 January, 2013)_Forests have occupied a role in the first 20 years of the Rio era (1992-2012) through…
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