Forests News
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Indonesia on fire again … and again?
The fires in Indonesia have been raging for more than two months, creating a toxic haze that has blanketed much…
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Life amid the fires and haze of Central Kalimantan
In Central Kalimantan, schoolchildren are missing classes, farmers are losing their harvests, and orangutans are losing their homes. The effects…
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Preventing fire & haze: sustainable solutions for Indonesian peatlands
Fire in agriculture is a mixed blessing. A cost-effective tool for poor farmers, fire has been key for food production…
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Amazon rising: Adaptation begins at home
For hundreds of thousands of rural families eking out a living in Brazil’s Amazon estuary, living with flooding is a…
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Where there’s smoke, there’s toxic gas
In mid-October, scientists from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Indonesian and international universities traveled to the peat…
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Don’t inhale: Scientists look at what the Indonesian haze is made of
The fires raging across Indonesia, and the hazardous smoke they create, are causing even greater damage to the environment, wildlife…
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Test your knowledge on forests and food
From beetles and Brazil nuts, to pollinators and pest control, to wood fuel and wild fruits: forests and trees contribute…
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‘Forests are well and truly on the global food security agenda’
The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted last month by the UN General Assembly, include goals on ending hunger, promoting good nutrition…
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A pod of gold
The African locust bean grows across the Sudan and Sahel, from Senegal to Burkina Faso to Uganda. This food tree…
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Forests and food: Get your facts straight!
Forestry research is complicated. So is nutrition. When people from these two fields start talking, as they do more and…
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In Ethiopia, jobs might grow on trees
Work on a timber plantation in Ethiopia is tough, with low wages, poor conditions and little security – but at…
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Growth in Chile’s plantations may have spelled growth in poverty
Timber production is a $6 billion business and the economic mainstay in south-central Chile. But the people who live around…
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Can we trust country-level data from global forest assessments?
We are all encouraged by current political commitments that aim to “end deforestation” or “halt natural forest loss” in the…
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One wicked problem, three major challenges
To achieve zero deforestation, new ties need to be woven between different levels of government, the private sector and civil…
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The long road to ‘zero deforestation’ … whatever that means
A year ago today, the New York Declaration on Forests set a daring goal: a world without deforestation. But it…
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