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Information flow is vital for ecosystem-based adaptation – expert
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (8 July 2013) – Identifying organizations that can bridge gaps in knowledge is an important step…
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Experts: Corruption could threaten global efforts to slow forest loss
BRASILIA, Brazil (1 April, 2013) _ U.N.-backed efforts to slow forest loss could be derailed by corruption, experts warned as…
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Interpol expert: Fund distribution for scheme to slow global warming needs to be transparent
BRASILIA, Brazil (28 March, 2013) _ Initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from forest loss (REDD+) need to be…
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How to address new biofuel challenges when impacts on environment and society are ‘mixed’
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 December, 2012)_At the beginning of the 21st century, there was tremendous optimism about the potential of biofuels…
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Landscape science: a way to help COP18 policymakers better manage the world’s resources
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (22 November 2012)_Researchers are using an innovative new approach to study the Earth’s landscapes and natural…
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Field research on local issues means always keeping the bigger picture in mind
PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru (13 November, 2012)_Field researchers working in remote, hard-to-reach areas have greater challenges than just navigating treacherous back-country…
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Agriculture and forestry: mainstreaming research findings that work for communities
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (12 November 2012)_Small-scale farmers in many tropical nations depend primarily on their crops for survival, but…
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Can REDD+ protect the trees that nourish nut harvesters in Peru’s Amazon rainforest?
PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru (1 October, 2012) _ Families in Peru have for decades carved out a living harvesting the nutrient…
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Development and conservation in the Amazon: which way forward?
LIMA, Peru (27 August, 2012)_Conservation concerns have gained important ground in policy decision making in the Amazon region, but mainstream…
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REDD+ within reach in rural Brazil
LIMA, Peru (10 August, 2012)_Agricultural reform settlements in the Brazilian Amazon have often been associated with high deforestation rates, thus…
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Shared management rights not so equal: Forest communities still tied up in state red tape
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (09 August, 2012)_Despite a multitude of land tenure reforms over the past 20 years opening legal…
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Policymakers must consider forests before deciding on sustainable development goals
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (1 August, 2012)_ Scientists have called for policymakers to urgently consider the vital ecosystem functions served…
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Private sector “must tap into expanding sustainable markets” to protect Amazon: CIFOR expert
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (30 July, 2012)_The private sector will play an important role in the protection of Amazon forests…
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In gender issues, we need to walk the talk, say leaders and researchers in Rio+20
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (21 June 2012)_Enough talk about the rights women have to forest resources and a need for…
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Cocoa producers in the Amazon want to compete globally, while protecting tropical forests
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (19 June 2012)__ Cocoa producers in the Brazilian Amazon are looking for ways to compete in…
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