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Forest monitoring skills on the rise
Most countries have included forest and land use in their efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxides and other greenhouse…
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The long road to ‘zero deforestation’ … whatever that means
A year ago today, the New York Declaration on Forests set a daring goal: a world without deforestation. But it…
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Protect against poverty … with a dry forest
Understanding dry forests is essential to help the poorest residents adapt to climate change. And keeping those forests intact can…
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Wild food from dry forests: A recipe for health?
Despite a decline in numbers in the last few decades, nearly 800 million people around the world still don’t have…
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Men, women, dry forests and the power of food
When aid groups began encouraging women in the Gambia to plant gardens in the 1980s, the nutritional quality of household…
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Counting trees: 143 scientists just did
Forget about finding the needle in the haystack. An even more complicated task might be counting all the hay on…
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Wild food means good food: CIFOR study
In Tanzania, women supplement their families’ diets by collecting foods that grow wild near their homes. They gather edible species…
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