Forests News
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Kenyan tree-seed sector needs policy overhaul to boost ecosystem restoration
Policy, planting and training are the three pillars of Africa’s tree-seed sector, which underpins the continent’s ambitious ecosystem restoration goals.…
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Restoration starts at home: Training couples to heal land and livelihoods
Successful forest and land restoration just might begin at home, according to a recent experience in training married couples to…
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COVID-19 at five: Lessons on wild meat perceptions in Central Africa
Five years after COVID-19 was declared a global health emergency, the world is taking stock of lessons learned from a…
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A race against ticks: How one Zambian Chiefdom is taking livestock health into its own hands
In southern Zambia’s Nyawa Chiefdom, where rural life still beats to the rhythm of livestock bells and dry-season rains, three…
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Mapping the wild meat trade in Cameroon: A shared tool for smarter, fairer management
What does it take to manage wild meat sustainably in Central Africa? A key step is developing a shared understanding…
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Financing conservation has a new face
“We‘ve said many times we‘re going to do better, but we haven’t. Biodiversity is decreasing at an alarming rate,” said…
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“What is a tree?”
On a sunlit spring morning at Cambridge Cottage in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, botanical scientists, AI engineers, restoration…
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Fire ants and floating flowers: Managing invasives in Managalas
“As climate change happens, we might be seeing more of that, so we need to be prepared.” Invasive species are…
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New guide supports transparent land-use monitoring for climate action
The verdict is clear: to meet international climate change mitigation targets and ensure the continued functioning of Earth’s ecosystems, we…
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Increasing Central Africa’s profile in global environmental funding
Central Africa’s forests and their rich biodiversity are increasingly recognized as vital carbon sinks, regulating the global climate while sustaining…
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The transformative role of women’s collective microenterprises in the Brazilian Amazon
“But with training, […] You learn to reforest, not burn the forest, if you want to earn money.” In the…
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Regulating global trade without harming agroforestry farms?
Globally traded commodities that can be grown in forest-like agricultural systems —known as agroforestry— have long been part of the…
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Digging deeper: How soil spectroscopy is revolutionizing agriculture in The Gambia
“It could be a ‘game-changer’ for our work” A breakthrough in efficient, accurate, and scalable soil diagnostics is taking root…
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Hands-on learning from Gergera: Training brings watershed restoration to scale in Tigray
In late March 2025, dozens of natural resource professionals from across Tigray gathered in Wukro town for an intensive, three-day…
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Gergera Watershed: Where floods are controlled and gullies reclaimed
The floods were taking away more and more farmland. Not just crops—even houses were being swept away When we arrived…
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