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Smallholders at the heart of Indonesia’s zero-deforestation dispute
Helping smallholder oil palm farmers become more sustainable will be crucial in resolving differences between the Indonesian government and palm…
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‘Global village’ might not be such a cliché
If neighboring villages can share pastures for the common good, why could the world’s nations not do the same with…
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Landscapes’ ‘complexity’ offers a way forward for climate policy
A holistic approach to sustainable land use adds an extra and important dimension to the global climate policy being shaped…
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Landscapes for sustainability: Potential, yes. Finance, not so much.
With land use and livelihoods receiving unprecedented attention at the UNFCCC COP21 in Paris, proponents of an integrated approach to…
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Carbon or biodiversity conservation – you can’t have the best of both worlds
When trying to protect carbon stocks and biodiversity, the expression “to kill two birds with one stone” seems hardly appropriate.…
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Watch: Looking for common language at Landscapes Forum
Investment bankers and fund managers met with agriculture and forestry researchers, representatives from advocacy groups and government agencies at the…
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Investors want to fund sustainable landscapes – now the work begins
LONDON, England—There was standing room only at several of the sessions of the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case event…
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Investment in sustainable landscapes: Time to take the risk
BOGOR, Indonesia: If a tree falls in the rain forest, do investors care if it really fell ….or was it…
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In Indonesia, corporate commitment to sustainable palm oil
It is the most debated of oils. For many environmentally conscious consumers in developed countries, it is something to boycott,…
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Piecing together the green investment puzzle
LONDON, England: The pieces of the sustainable landscape investment puzzle have very jagged edges, and moves are under way to…
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We need to protect Congo’s forests against shifting cultivation… or do we?
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to the second-largest single block of forest in the world, and its…
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Scientists: Base payments for ecosystem services on scientific evidence
BOGOR, Indonesia—In an opinion article in Science magazine more than 45 scientists asked policymakers and environmental agencies to “get the…
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On ‘landscape approach’, scientists search for meaning
BOGOR, Indonesia—It’s an increasingly prominent way of thinking about land use that has yet, somewhat usefully, defied easy definition. Now,…
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EU plan to curb illegal logging: Think big by thinking small?
BOGOR, Indonesia—Faced with growing pressure to root out “illegal timber” from international trade, some tropical timber-producing countries have a choice.…
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Take a new look at markets to boost climate change adaptation, research suggests
BOGOR, Indonesia—For generations, Malian farmers have traveled north and south with their cattle and sheep, following grass and water, and…
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