Landscapes
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Forging a path for policymakers amid Mesoamerica climate uncertainty
TURRIALBA, Costa Rica (24 October 2013) — An increasingly warmer, drier climate in Central America and Mexico in the next…
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Scientist Terry Sunderland describes the ‘landscape approach’
In the following interview, Terry Sunderland, a principal scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) defines “landscape approach”–…
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Board game puts new spin on competitive land-use dynamics
BOGOR, Indonesia (18 October 2013) — Life. Risk. Monopoly. Board games such as these can reflect and diffuse frameworks for…
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AUDIO — Quality not quantity: Wild foods give new dimension to Tanzania nutrition woes
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 October 2013) — Wild foods provide numerous micronutrient benefits and thus can play an important role in…
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Oil palm can be made more biodiversity friendly — experts
BOGOR, Indonesia (11 October, 2013) — If notoriously non-biodiverse oil palm plantations are developed only on degraded land, they will…
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A Sustainable Development Goal on Landscapes: Setting the agenda at COP19 in Warsaw
The year 2015 is key for the future of our growing population on this planet. With the Kyoto-protocol coming to…
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The IPCC report: What does it mean for the world’s forests?
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its fifth climate assessment report last week, confirming speculation that human…
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Feudal past still discourages Ethiopia’s farmers from planting trees
BOGOR, Indonesia (24 September, 2013)_Despite recent measures to encourage Ethiopia’s farmers to plant trees on their land, the country’s complex…
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Smallholder agroforestry plots may boost tree conservation: Report
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 September, 2013)_When natural forests are threatened by deforestation or climate change, the best hope for the survival…
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Fire and haze in Riau: Looking beyond the hotspots
Reading this blog entry, you are most likely already aware of the fires in Riau province in Sumatra that have…
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Drawing, role-playing and 3D maps improve land use planning
BOGOR, Indonesia (4 September)_Jean-Christophe Castella often asks Laotian villagers to play the role of developers, conservationists, investors or farmers as…
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Mitigation without adaptation can leave communities vulnerable — study
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 August, 2013) — Understanding the vulnerability of forest-dependent communities is a point of departure for building more…
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India’s Jenu Kuruba forest honey industry sticks to tradition – study
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 August, 2013) – Observing how honey-gathering skills are passed from one generation to another, and how such…
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Amazon degraded lands prompt new bushmeat hunting trends
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (19 August, 2013) – Hunting patterns are changing in the Peruvian Amazon, according to an expert…
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Amazon smallholders use fast-growing timber to supplement income
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (15 August, 2013) — Smallholder farmers in the Amazon sell timber from trees that have grown…
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