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Timber vs. Brazil nut: The Amazon’s harvest dilemma
It’s a huge question for thousands of smallholders with Brazil nut concessions in the Amazon: Does timber harvesting affect the production…
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‘Conservation matters, but we cannot ignore people’s needs’
Why is it important to see if timber can be harvested in Brazil nut areas? Why don’t we just leave…
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A little logging may go a long way
In one corner is the Brazil nut, the most economically important non-timber forest product in the Amazon Basin. It supports…
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Like herding scientists: one man and many many trees
A recent study by 143 international scientists revealed statistics that were surprising – mainly because they had never been collated before.…
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Little creature, HUGE footprint
Three years ago when J. Boone Kauffman, an ecologist from Oregon State University and an associate of the Center for…
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It’s a turn on: Talking climate change on Congo Basin radio
In a region where there is a still relatively high incidence of illiteracy, very localized languages and dialects and remote…
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Feed the world: New global report highlights forests’ role
BOGOR, Indonesia – Forests and trees must be considered essential in global food security and dietary diversity, according to a…
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Just one map to a better future: Landscapes Summit
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Less than a year after 250 companies signed a commitment to zero deforestation, it may be easy to think…
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Landscapes Summit: Encouraging the dollar flow into the green
JAKARTA, Indonesia— A sustainable green business model with long-term profitability: how to marry these two concerns was the subject of…
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The big spill: Intensive farming alters soils in forest remnants, study finds
BOGOR, Indonesia—Failure to consider the effects of agriculture spillover into areas adjacent to intensely farmed zones will likely have severe…
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