Climate change & energy
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COVID-19 pandemic: How nature steps in to refill ‘empty forests’ when animals disappear
“We must not let a forest full of trees fool us into believing that all is well.” Kent Redford’s cautionary…
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Usual and unusual suspects: What network analysis can tell us about climate policy integration
In one of the most dramatic scenes of the legendary film Casablanca (1942), Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) shoots Major Heinrich…
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How tree growing can mitigate the environmental impact of displacement
When civil war broke out in the Central African Republic (CAR) in late 2012, hundreds of thousands of people fled…
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Q+A: Research findings offer framework for effective carbon management
In current conditions, the world’s total carbon budget will be spent in roughly eight years, increasing emissions-related global warming, and…
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Domestic policies alone can’t tackle wood fuel challenges
This article was originally published in the print edition of the Zambia Daily Mail on 28 March 2020. Most of…
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Papua mangroves could help Indonesia coast to climate targets
The characteristics of mangroves in a range of ecosystems – from undisturbed natural settings to areas where considerable land-use changes…
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Natural forest regeneration: A good choice for biodiversity
Forests are full of surprises. Parts of the Amazon, Panama’s Darien and many other places we think of as home…
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Five (or six) solutions for saving the world’s forests and restoring landscapes
We’ve heard a lot about ambitious tree planting initiatives in recent months. Laudable as these may be – and we…
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Finale features lessons learned in social forestry–climate change partnership
In Jakarta last week, delegates celebrated more than a decade of partnership at a knowledge-sharing event where lessons learned and…
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Amazon rainforest could disappear within 50 years, scientists report
Large scale ecosystems the size of the Amazon forests could collapse within 50 years and the Caribbean coral reefs in…
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Has the FLEGT Action plan contributed to better forest governance?
I still remember the day, years ago, when the director general of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) “invited”…
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Bringing back mangroves: Scientists in Mexico restore degraded ecosystems
“What was this area like three years ago?” I asked researcher Jorge Herrera as we dipped our feet into the…
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Religious and Indigenous leaders in Indonesia unite to protect forests
More than 250 religious leaders descended upon Jakarta in January pledging to prioritize protection of the world’s third largest tropical…
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Paraguay: A beacon state for forest management?
Paraguay, a landlocked country of 7 million people, is home to much of the Gran Chaco forest, which is considered…
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Land use change has a big impact on the carbon stored in mangroves
Mangrove forests are important to the livelihoods of millions of people living along coastlines, providing fish resources, protecting communities from…
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