Food & diets
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Global demand for beef and soy challenges South American tropical forest conservation
MELBOURNE, Australia (8 June, 2011)_Market forces and policies encouraging economic growth are having a increasingly large influence in shaping forest…
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Fighting for the social sciences
By Dr Luke Parry SEATTLE, United States (23 May, 2011)_Social science is treated as the poor cousin by climate scientists,…
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Documenting the world’s forest genetic resources
NAIROBI (12 May, 2011)_A workshop in Nairobi, Kenya last week saw representatives from 43 African nations participate in an ambitious…
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Forests and food security: What we know and need to know
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 April, 2011)_A few weeks ago, I met a senior diplomat from one of the countries where CIFOR…
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The 9 billion people question: Food security & why biodiversity is important
BOGOR, Indonesia (10 April, 2011)_Food security has become one of the most important issues of our time. In February, The…
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Forest Management That Reflects Diversity
By Angela Dewan Earlier today, Verina Ingram of CIFOR, Cameroon, spoke about the overemphasis on timber in forest…
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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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A new chapter for sustainable palm oil in Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Decades after transforming the global palm oil industry, Yangambi is rebuilding its own production, this time with the protection of…
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