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Trees and water: Don’t underestimate the connection
Trees have extraordinary powers. They provide shade, cool the local climate, draw carbon dioxide from the air, and can repair…
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Why what ‘wilderness’ is matters
Five countries hold 70 percent of the world’s natural ecosystems, according to an article published in the journal Nature by…
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Forests versus hurricanes
The 12-year absence of major hurricane landfalls in the continental USA ended earlier this year: Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma ……
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‘Forgotten guardians’: Local communities in natural resource management
Late last year, there was publicity about the plight of the San (bushmen) of the Kalahari in Botswana – part…
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BEST OF 2013, POLEX: Should the media pay for wildlife conservation?
Editor’s Note: CIFOR’s wide-ranging research in 2013 made it a busy year for Forests News. From Brazil nuts to board…
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Should the media pay for wildlife conservation?
BOGOR, Indonesia (5 September, 2013)_Wildlife documentaries are big business. The BBC’s Planet Earth television series leads the pack – it…
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Laughing at the global environment
BOGOR, Indonesia (12 October, 2011)_The coalition of financially challenged countries with lots of trees, known as CoFCCLoT is asking wealthy…
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