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New guide aims to accelerate forest tenure pathways to gender equality
Forest tenure reform in the global south has often failed to be gender-responsive, but there is increasing interest in taking…
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Structuring climate finance to benefit women and alleviate poverty
Tackling climate change requires large-scale financial investments into adaptation and mitigation activities. Known as “climate finance” under the U.N. Framework…
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Indonesia creates expert wetlands team to revitalize development goal efforts
A Strategic Coordination Team for Wetlands Management created by Indonesia’s Ministry of National Planning or National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas)…
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Rural livelihoods at risk in Congo Basin due to erratic rainfall and water flow
Over the past 20 years, people living in the forests of Congo Basin have noticed some significant changes in their…
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Reforestation and restoration targets missed as roads and mining expand
The 2020 target of halving deforestation will be missed and meeting the 2030 target of ending deforestation will require an…
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Let learning lead the way to strategic forest and landscape restoration
Combining the myriad theories and strategies on forest and landscape restoration into a successful recipe for implementation requires not only…
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A perfect storm: Study of peat fire mitigation sheds light on complex global challenge
An increasing awareness of the repercussions of large-scale fires has amplified concerns globally about climate change amid dire warnings from…
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Investing in biodiversity would win huge benefits, says CIFOR’s Robert Nasi
These remarks by the director general of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) were made at the closing of…
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U.N. expert urges transformative change to bend curve on biodiversity loss
The rate of deforestation has dropped by a third over the past 10 years compared to the previous decade, according…
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Creative community-based policies in Bhutan reveal benefits of planted forests
An innovative community-based forest management policy has resolved a long-simmering land-use conflict between migratory yak herders and sedentary residents in…
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