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Agroforestry policy dialogue in Timor-Leste
A policy dialogue on agroforestry-based forest landscape restoration was held in Dili, Timor-Leste’s capital, on 5 November 2024. The event…
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Butter from a tree? Try chiuri!
Chiuri, otherwise known as the Nepali butter tree [Diploknema butyracea (Roxburgh) H. J. Lam], is one of the most important…
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South Korea turns to blue carbon to help mitigate climate crisis
South Korea is focusing on the ‘blue carbon’ within mangroves and wetlands to help mitigate climate change as the country’s…
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Peatlands gain greater climate focus in South Korea’s development assistance programme
South Korea is specifically targeting climate change mitigation in its development assistance projects abroad to help achieve carbon neutrality and…
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Cross-sectional research into mangrove blue carbon: A tale from two islands
The Indo-West Pacific Region, which includes East Asia, hosts the most diverse mangrove ecosystems in the world. Their distribution area…
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Payment for Forest Ecosystem Services: achieving its goals or not?
A team of researchers analysed the impact of the Payment for Forest Ecosystem Services or PFES national policy in a…
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Mangroves in the Mekong Delta: growing opportunities or going under?
The Mekong Delta is home to the largest expanse of mangroves in Viet Nam but is also highly vulnerable to…
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Global Aridity Index and Potential Evapotranspiration Database: updated!
The index is based upon a fully parameterized geospatial implementation of the Penman-Monteith Equation, a standard methodology widely used globally.…
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Scientific coalition offers specifics to the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
The group of 50, who are part of bioDISCOVERY, which is a global research network of Future Earth, and the…
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Biodiversity science–policy panel calls for broadening value-of-nature concepts in sustainable development
The Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) approved the Summary for Policy Makers of the Assessment Report…
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