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Deforestation from mining in the Congo more than ‘a hole in the canopy’
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 July 2012)_Seen from the sky, a mining pit might look like ‘a small hole in the canopy’—visually…
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Charred lands: fertile grounds for sustainable agriculture in Kalimantan?
BOGOR, Indonesia (06 July, 2012)_ In the Amazon, it’s called Terra Preta. In the tribal tongues of Indonesia’s East Kalimantan…
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Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom: Her vision for common resource management
Bogor, Indonesia (15 June, 2012)_By the time Nobel Economics Laureate Elinor Ostrom died of pancreatic cancer earlier this week at age…
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Q&A with Daniel Murdiyarso following the Indonesian President’s visit to CIFOR
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 June, 2012)_The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, visited the CIFOR campus Wednesday, June 13, to give…
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Rio+20: Are human development indices forest-blind?
Kodagu, INDIA (11.06.2012)_When policymakers and national planners set out to enhance local “quality of life,” they often base their decisions…
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CIFOR Director General reflects on 25 years of change in Indonesia’s forests
JAKARTA, Indonesia (30.05.2012)_“When you’re climbing a mountain, you sometimes need to pause and look down to see how far you’ve…
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Carving a new future: Jepara furniture industry bounces back after global financial crisis
When mortgages in Nevada went sour in 2008, no one expected it to set off a financial downward spiral that…
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