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So long, and thanks for all the fish!
In the name of feeding the world, vast swathes of our planet’s forests have been sacrificed to increase the amount…
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“Restoration belongs to the community”
Timescales can be tricky in forest restoration. We might have the best arguments in the world for why it makes…
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Cameroon forest superfood scores best for women’s health
When Caleb Yengo Tata travelled to the remote Takamanda rainforest region in southwest Cameroon on a research trip with the…
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It isn’t too late…but the clock is ticking
“We have about twenty years to change our acts before something irreversible happens,” said Robert Nasi, director general of the Center for…
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The future of social forestry in Indonesia
In Kalibiru, a national park in the Menoreh mountains to the west of Yogyakarta, tourists scale precarious-looking ladders up timber…
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Prosperity grows in arid Wonogiri
The tamanu tree [Calophyllum inophyllum] has been helping humans out since prehistoric times. Also known as ‘mastwood,’ it’s been used…
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Tension and transformation in the patriarchy
When Jackline Cheplang’at began teaching fellow community members about gender and conservation issues in Kenya’s traditionally patriarchal Rift Valley region,…
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Talk shows and text messages in Kenya’s Rift Valley
This story is the second in a three-part series. Read part one, Barking up the same tree in Kenya’s Rift…
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Agricultural intensification has fed the world, but are we healthier?
Grow more food on less land? Agricultural intensification has intuitive appeal. The Earth has a growing human population to feed,…
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Citizen science in Kenya’s Rift Valley
Participation is widely seen as a cornerstone of sustainable resource management, and it’s a pillar of Kenya’s 2010 constitution, too.…
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