Climate change & energy
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Voices of REDD+: in a vast Amazonian district, coalitions and carrots bring hard-won successes
LIMA, Peru—In one of the largest municipalities in the world, São Félix do Xingu (SFX) in Brazil’s Pará state, the…
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Voices of REDD+: Whose land is it, anyway? Tenure snags progress in Brazil
LIMA, Peru—Unclear land tenure and political instability are the biggest challenges faced by a REDD+ initiative in Brazil’s Amapá state,…
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High-tech eyes on the forest seek to help curb climate change
BOGOR, Indonesia—Remote sensing. Unmanned aerial vehicles. Spectrometry readers. When teamed with traditional forestry techniques, these high-tech approaches may revolutionize the…
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Voices of REDD+: In Vietnam, payments alone can’t turn tide of deforestation
LIMA, Peru—REDD+ payments alone may not be enough to overpower the economics of deforestation in some cases, the proponents of…
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Peatland loss could emit 2,800 years’ worth of carbon in an evolutionary eyeblink: study
BOGOR, Indonesia—Scientists monitoring the amount of carbon accumulated in Indonesia’s peatland forests over thousands of years have predicted that millions…
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In ‘charcoal landscape,’ data on deforestation, emissions hidden in the ashes
BOGOR, Indonesia—In terms of its value to daily lives and livelihoods across Africa, charcoal is black gold. But as crucial…
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Protected areas: biodiversity troves and carbon sinks under one canopy?
BOGOR, Indonesia—When biologists see a forest, they may think of the number of species it could support. When climatologists see…
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Best of 2014: In Central Africa, policymakers’ knowledge of climate change found wanting
BOGOR, Indonesia—In one of Forests News’ most unsettling stories of 2014, a study showed that policymakers working on forests and…
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Best of 2014: ‘There will be no birds or monkeys because the forest will be gone’
BOGOR, Indonesia—When it comes to tropical forest landscapes, children are often seen but not heard. A research paper published in…
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Best of 2014: In ‘Landscape Game,’ it pays to be green
BOGOR, Indonesia—How would you invest in a forested landscape? Would you cut it down for timber, or preserve it for…
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Best of 2014: A controversial column, a strong response
BOGOR, Indonesia—It was the shot heard ’round the forestry world. In September, on the eve of Climate Week NYC, The…
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Best of 2014: For REDD+, sky-high expectations meet on-the-ground realities
BOGOR, Indonesia— The idea of paying people in developing tropical countries to protect their forests, generating carbon credits, and selling…
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With climate effects looming, land-use planners reach for their toolbox
LIMA, Peru—It’s coming soon. And it’s time to act now. Imminent climatic changes challenge planners and policy makers to forecast…
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Deal or no deal, experts upbeat on progress of REDD+ safeguards
LIMA, Peru—Despite no movement on the issue of REDD+ safeguards in discussions in Lima this month, experts on a panel…
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Beyond dialogue: building trust to save the people’s forests and support development
LIMA, Peru— If there is one thing that everyone involved in forest governance can agree on, it is the need…
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