Climate change & energy
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Sharing the benefits of REDD+ in Indonesia
After its introduction in Indonesia more than five years ago, REDD+, originally conceived as a carbon emissions reduction scheme has…
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Indonesia not ready to bury REDD+
Two years have passed since Indonesia’s REDD+ Agency and the National Council on Climate Change merged into the Ministry of…
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Governing mangroves: From Tanzania to Indonesia
Mangroves constitute only 0.5 percent of forest area worldwide, but millions of people depend on them for food, income and…
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Peat fires and toxic haze: The power of perception
With something as evident as fire, it would be easy to assume that what you see is what you get.…
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Addressing the dangers of degraded land
Up to 1.3 billion people are now living on degraded land, at risk of food and water shortages and worsening…
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Fire and haze: Better business practices
The damaging practice of clearing land by burning has spread across Indonesia since at least the 1990s, employed by large…
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Fire and haze: Community action
Residents of Pekanbaru in Riau, Indonesia, have not forgotten the devastating fires and haze that darkened their skies for months…
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Fire and haze: Laws and regulations
Local laws and regulations banning the clearing and burning of peatlands have sprung up across Indonesia since President Joko Widodo…
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Fighting fire and haze in Indonesia
In Indonesia, few have forgotten the devastating peatland fires and suffocating haze that afflicted the greater region for several months…
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Making peat a priority
This week the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, IUFRO, is holding its 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg, Germany. IUFRO…
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Forests versus hurricanes
The 12-year absence of major hurricane landfalls in the continental USA ended earlier this year: Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma ……
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Evaluating REDD+ social safeguards with mobile phones, gas stoves and benefits
The UN REDD program was launched in 2008 to “reduce forest emissions and enhance carbon stocks in forests while contributing…
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In Indonesia, finding the right ways to fight fire and haze
On the eve of talks in Pekanbaru, Riau, on best practices to prevent fire and haze, Center for International Forestry…
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Why social safeguards matter for managing trade-offs under REDD+
Local people can benefit from climate change mitigation schemes to keep tropical forests standing and enhance forest cover — if…
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Measuring the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives
Forests play a central role in climate change mitigation, as recognized by the Paris Agreement. Over the last decade, hundreds…
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