Forests News
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On the trail of Colombia’s bushmeat trade
Striding through the forest, beneath trees still dripping pre-dawn dew, Diomedes Silva suddenly veered off the path and into the…
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First estimate of Pygmy population reveals their plight
Increased deforestation and road building in Central African rainforests will intensify threats to the lives and lifestyles of indigenous Pygmy…
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Hunters, gatherers and all those gender roles
Inside the community center in the village of Roya, deep in the Peruvian Amazon, scientist Dawn Rodríguez-Ward hangs pie charts…
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Zero deforestation in Indonesia: Pledges, politics and palm oil
“No Deforestation. No Peat. No Exploitation”: The pledges echoing throughout the palm oil sector, as major consumer goods manufacturers and…
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Colombia’s bushmeat black market comes to light
The night her husband went hunting and brought home a large tapir, Elsa Vargas* was relieved. After she fed the…
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What came before the fire
Governments and corporations operating in Indonesia must understand the complex political economy fueling the recurrent land fires, if further catastrophes…
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Waiting to exhale: The politics of fire in Indonesia
Why are there more land fires in Indonesia before an election? Why are oil palm plantations burned also? Why does…
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“We” have a deal
Ursula Rakova is from the Carteret Islands, off the coast of Papua New Guinea. For Rakova and the community of…
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Paris Agreement: Not perfect, but the best we could get
COP21 in Paris delivered a part legally binding, part voluntary deal on climate change that has generated a mass of…
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Three areas to focus on to make REDD+ work
REDD+ might not have figured prominently on the agenda of the official climate negotiations in Paris, but experiences and visions…
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A new course for the Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to 10 percent of the world’s tropical forests. Vast and varied, these…
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Global agreements, but local action
As global climate and development frameworks fall into place, experts at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum amplified the call to…
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A river runs through it: Why water needs a landscape approach too
With the link between water and landscapes made explicit in the Sustainable Development Goals, it’s no wonder that water featured…
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When the climate changes, migration does too
With climate change causing shifts in migration patterns, which in turn increases pressure on scarce land and natural resources, experts…
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‘Concessions 2.0’: A new concept for sustainable community forestry
Introducing a landscape approach to tropical timber concessions in Central Africa could make the difference between development and disenfranchisement for…
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