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Back to the future: Sketching out oil palm scenarios to 2035
We may not yet be able to time travel, but data modeling can help us to make more educated guesses…
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Benefit-sharing mechanisms: Barking up the wrong tree?
As the quest to protect and restore forests advances and evolves, the age-old question of “who gets what?” seems as…
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Progress on the process of managing landscapes
It’s 2018, and the pressure to manage the world’s resources responsibly for people, biodiversity and the climate has perhaps never…
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Are deforestation-free commodities too good to be true?
Oil palm, cattle, timber and soy have all received global attention in recent years for their outsized ‘forest footprints’ –…
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Oil palm for the people
Palm oil might seem an odd proposition for reducing poverty and preserving rainforests. In recent years, the negative environmental and…
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Fishing with a new research method nets bountiful insights
Why might fish stocks be more depleted inside a marine protected area (MPA) than outside of it? This and other…
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Plenty in common
This research will be presented by its authors on 21 March at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference 2018:…
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Oil palm landscapes: Sketching out sustainable futures
This article is the fourth in a four-part series on a global study on Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes. In Colombia,…
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Oil palm landscapes: Playing the long game with palm oil
This article is the third in a four-part series on a global study on Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes. It might…
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How safe are our wildlife sanctuaries?
In celebration of World Wildlife Day on 3 March 2018, as the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on…
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Funding a low-carbon future
As the challenges of climate change come into clearer focus, international initiatives such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable…
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In defining the landscape approach, ‘don’t fence us in,’ scientists say
As the global population rises and the resources that support it come under increasing pressure, the search for complementary solutions…
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Wild nourishment
Not even Jennifer’s children know where she hides her chikanda. The small, brownish orchid tubers are highly valued as a…
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Brazil nuts: Savior seeds of the Amazon basin?
Want to invest directly in the preservation of the Amazon? Buying Brazil nuts might well be your simplest strategy, says…
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Forests, farming and food
Amina*, a young mother of four, lives in a rural village in the Oromia region of Southern Ethiopia. At 2,000…
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