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‘Dirty Science’: Excavating the truth about mangroves and carbon
Chest-deep in brackish, tea-coloured water, a team of scientists wades into a towering mangrove forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It’s…
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How much credit can Brazil take for slowing Amazon deforestation – and how low can it go?
BOGOR, Indonesia (15 January, 2013)_Brazilian policymakers can take some of the credit for a dramatic slowdown in the deforestation rate…
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Scientists show technical concerns no longer an obstacle to progress on REDD+
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 December, 2012)_The challenges in implementing a scheme to reduce carbon emissions by avoiding deforestation and forest degradation…
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Bamboo carbon credits now on sale in China: INBAR
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 December, 2012)_Chinese companies can now buy carbon offsets from local bamboo plantations, thanks to a new accounting…
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Scientists ‘reach consensus’ on global deforestation emissions
DOHA, Qatar (11 December 2012)__Two groups of scientists who this year published widely differing estimates of global carbon emissions from…
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Qatar’s mangroves: why they matter to climate change
DOHA, Qatar (8 December, 2012)_Indonesian scientist Daniel Murdiyarso and Lebanese scientist Mohamad Khawlie are spending the morning hopping over muddy streams,…
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Indonesia’s forest moratorium: to extend or not to extend?
DOHA, Qatar (6 December, 2012)_ Experts on the sidelines of the U.N. climate conference in Doha are weighing in on…
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‘We need leaders to understand the science:’ Bianca Jagger at Forest Day
DOHA, Qatar (4 December, 2012)_Speaking at Forest Day 6 on the sidelines of COP 18 in Doha, social and human…
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U.N. says forests to play a prominent role in global sustainable development agenda
DOHA, Qatar (3 December 2012)_Forests are going to feature very importantly in the future international sustainable development agenda, said the…
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U.N. approves annual International Day of Forests
DOHA, Qatar (3 December 2012)_The United Nations General Assembly Second Committee has passed a draft resolution to designate March 21…
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