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The Congo Basin’s future is at stake. Here’s what must change
This is the second in a two-part opinion series examining why the Congo Basin remains one of the most underfunded…
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The World’s most important forest gets the least money. Here’s why that should alarm you.
This is the first in a two-part opinion series examining why the Congo Basin receives far less forest finance than other…
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One commodity, seven countries – and multiple impacts for legal timber
In the wake of the UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow in late 2021, a series of legal instruments aimed…
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In search of a successful recipe for forest landscape restoration
Planting trees may seem like a relatively simple task, but much more is required for successful forest landscape restoration. People…
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Has the FLEGT Action plan contributed to better forest governance?
I still remember the day, years ago, when the director general of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) “invited”…
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The race to save rosewood
Long hidden in the shadows of informal trade, an African tree species known locally as mukula is now under an…
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Why what ‘wilderness’ is matters
Five countries hold 70 percent of the world’s natural ecosystems, according to an article published in the journal Nature by…
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A Ponzi scheme with Nature?
A few months back, we shared our first impressions of new research on the Zambian trade of Pterocarpus tinctorius –…
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The chicken or the egg?
Once you have gone through the scientific publication process and your article is published in a peer-reviewed journal, it is…
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Illegal logging: A Russian nesting doll
Illegal logging might appear to be a simple story: A bad guy chopping down trees to make a big profit…
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Once ‘invisible,’ Africa’s domestic loggers come into the light
KATIOLA, Côte d’Ivoire—Mr. Aboubakar, who has been working as a carpenter in his native Côte d’Ivoire for the past 25…
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Certifying logging concessions certifies social benefits in Congo Basin
When it comes to sustaining forests so that they can sustain people, forest certification has been heralded as an important…
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To define future of forests, first define ‘forests’
Tomorrow, most of the forests that our children and grandchildren will visit will be far from pristine. The extent to…
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