Climate change & energy
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Scientists and communities in Indonesia team up for peatland restoration and fire prevention efforts
The women of Dompas Village in the Indonesian province of Riau worked hard to plant 10,000 pineapple seedlings in only…
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Mobile app simplifies peatland restoration monitoring efforts in Indonesia
An inexpensive, community-based monitoring system is enhancing land management strategies in the Indonesian province of Riau as the government rolls…
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They are critical for fighting climate change but . . . do you really know the importance of tropical wetlands?
It is time to get your toes wet. Every February 2nd is World Wetlands Day, an international celebration that aims…
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Biodiversity in focus on World Wetlands Day
Healthy and diverse ecosystems, especially wetlands, are our life support, providing our water, food and underpinning economies, said Martha Rojas…
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Indonesia’s leadership in peatland management in focus at COP 25
At U.N. climate talks in Madrid, Indonesia, which has committed to restore 2.4 million hectares of drained peatlands, presented various…
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How climate finance and technology could better integrate women
Amid frustrated negotiations around Article 6 guidance on emissions counting and carbon markets, U.N. COP25 climate talks delivered a decision…
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Putting people at the heart of peatland conservation efforts in Borneo
Some five hours from Palangkaraya, the capital of the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, lies…
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Innovative peatland restoration efforts key to mitigating climate change
Indonesia is home to an extensive area of tropical peatlands, which are carbon-rich ecosystems that are critical for supporting biodiversity…
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Peatland potential untapped in Nationally Determined Contributions, COP 25 delegates say
Fewer than a dozen countries have so far included peatlands in their Nationally Determined Contributions, although the carbon-rich ecosystems exist…
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REDD+: Still a critical color on the palette of forest protection strategies
Nature-based solutions are increasingly part of the international dialogue on climate change. In 2019, funders agreed to pay Brazil and…
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CIFOR at COP 25: A simple idea, REDD+ meets a complex reality
See events CIFOR and ICRAF are hosting at COP 25 here. A key idea of REDD+ was to pay those…
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Supporting Indigenous peoples to restore the balance between wildlife and food security
“There used to be a lot of wildlife here in my father’s and grandfather’s time: deer, tapir, capybara and peccaries,”…
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Sustainability can be an advantage for Indonesia
Indonesia – The long-awaited rains have finally arrived in parts of Indonesia devastated by forest and peatland fires, bringing relief…
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