Climate change & energy
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False Hope for Biofuels and Livelihoods
By Angela Dewan The great biofuel debate is still going, and it looks like it may be here to stay…
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Keeping Up the REDD+ Momentum
By Angela Dewan Just one year ago, all hopes were pegged on REDD to slow down global deforestation and mitigate…
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Ecosystems Are Key to Climate Change Adaptation
By Angela Dewan Communities in developing countries that depend directly on ecosystems will be among the first and worst affected…
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Bridging the Divide between the Forestry and Financial Worlds
While it is true that trees do not grow just on money but under carefully crafted governance conditions, REDD+ funding…
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Money Alone Can’t Save the Forests
REDD+ was conceived primarily as a financial mechanism for reducing carbon emissions caused by forest destruction. So, logically the negotiations…
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Leading by Example on the Road to Cancún
The success of any major endeavor depends to a large degree on leadership, and REDD+ is no exception. Showing remarkable…
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Grooming Future Foresters
By Angela Dewan Forestry scientists get a bad wrap for past mistakes, according to Chair of the Program…
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Biofuels: The Good, The Bad and The Uncertain
By Angela Dewan Last decade, biofuels were talked about among world leaders like the deus ex machina of…
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The Magic of Mangroves
By Angela Dewan The thick mangroves of the tropics offer local communities a number of services and products.…
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Think Big, Think Quickly
By Angela Dewan “Whether REDD will be effective is the hottest question in the forest and climate change…
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Focus on Forests: ‘Humanity’s Only Habitat’
By Angela Dewan There were high hopes last year that world leaders at the COP15 climate change conference…
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