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Tara Lohan

Tara Lohan has been writing about energy and the environment for more than a decade. She is also the editor of two books on the global water crisis and tweets from @TaraLohan.

The challenges of conserving tropical forests

Too often, the debate about forests in policy circles is reduced to two options: deforestation or total protection, according to…

29 Apr 2016

4 min read
Local projects shape national REDD+ strategies

At the international level, global leaders are continuing to discuss how to develop and implement national REDD+ strategies. At the…

13 Apr 2016

4 min read
Having your oil palm, and forests too

You might not believe this from reading the news, but the oil palm industry isn’t necessarily synonymous with environmental destruction.…

26 Jan 2016

5 min read
Owning the Amazon: Individual titles might not be the answer

Holding formal individual property rights is widely seen as a boon for reducing poverty, conflict and environmental degradation. But in…

03 Nov 2015

5 min read