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Turning cropland into forest
First the land was baked dry, then the torrential rains came – sweeping away homes, crops, forests and human lives.…
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Q & A: Lessons from Ethiopia for forest landscape restoration
This interview is Part III of a three-part series on forest landscape restoration to coincide with the IUCN World Conservation…
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Q&A: Lessons from China for forest landscape restoration
This interview is Part 1 of a three-part series on forest landscape restoration to coincide with the IUCN World Conservation…
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Unpacking migration and gender in Nepal’s community forests
The importance of migration to rural livelihoods in Nepal is not being recognized in forestry policy or by donors –…
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Backwards from gender equality: Oil palm’s impact on Dayak women
Pe Ligit* has witnessed massive changes in her lifetime, as waves of migration, logging and oil palm development have transformed…
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Amazon land tenure study wins top award
Two scientists from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Peter Cronkleton and Anne Larson, have received the top award…
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Diversity wins: Why involving women in decision-making matters
That’s the finding of a new study that examined all the existing literature on the topic, in a collaborative effort…
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Switching swidden to agroforestry – a small intervention with big potential in West Java
Farming trees and crops together could be a win-win solution for rural farmers in West Java, a study has found…
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The environment gets its day in court
The message was clear: Don’t think you can get away with it. In 2012 Indonesian palm oil company PT Kallista…
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Food and a future: How restored forests help women in Burkina Faso
In the dry Sahel of central Burkina Faso, the months before the harvest are tough. The granaries are empty, and forests…
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