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Harnessing the Congo’s rivers to save its forests
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (27 May, 2013) _ It’s not the timber trade, agricultural expansion or mining that currently poses the greatest…
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Q&A: The challenges of monitoring a forest three times as large as France
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 May, 2013)_As international donors consider funding programs targeting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and…
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Climate change in the Congo Basin will be different from the rest of Africa, forecasts show
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 May 2013)_New climate projections for the Congo Basin have renewed the call for informed and collaborative responses…
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For DR Congo’s forests, legislation is only part of the solution
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (23 May, 2013)_ Legislation enacted in the past decade to slow forest loss in the Democratic Republic of…
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Reducing deforestation emissions in Cameroon demands variety of expertise
As the world grapples with implementing a U.N.-backed scheme aimed at slowing forest loss and degradation (REDD+), new research from…
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From forest harvest to bubbling businesses in the Congo Basin
There have been hunters and gatherers for as long as mankind can remember and members of many communities in the…
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Can REDD+ drive change in DR Congo?
Implementing a U.N.-backed scheme to slow forest loss in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be difficult, a new study…
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Q+A: Male-female lifestyles should factor into Congo climate programs
In the Congo Basin, men and women carry out quite similar livelihood activities — farming, hunting and collecting various forest…
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