Forests News
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Can we protect old trees by planting new ones?
Conservation isn’t just about avoiding cutting down trees. Successful long-term conservation—particularly in places where lots of people live in, around…
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“REDD+ and other climate mechanisms must be built from the ground up”
Since its introduction as a global mechanism to fight climate change through forest conservation, the REDD+ scheme has sparked debate—not…
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How bees are buzzing new life into forests and farming
“If we cut down all the trees, we will die.” Each year, as the dry season settles over the remote…
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Ethiopia moves toward a national agroecology strategy
In late November 2024, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture—together with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), the…
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Land tenure and restoration: A dual challenge for African landscapes
Managing land sustainably and improving local people’s living standards are major challenges for environmental conservation. Faced with these challenges, the…
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Can private investment drive forest restoration at scale?
A critical need for restoration finance Achieving global forest restoration ambitions, such as the Bonn Challenge goal to restore 350…
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Tracing palm oil’s path: From plantation to product
You might not know it, but your supermarkets’ shelves are heaving with palm oil. It’s found in about half of…
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In Pará, agroforestry systems foster networks, learning and Amazonian landscapes
The northeastern region of the state of Pará, Brazil, is a complex landscape. This long-settled area of the Brazilian Amazon…
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Sowing the seeds of transformative agriculture: The Gambia’s journey to soil security
Detailed soil fertility maps that will give farmers in The Gambia essential information to manage their land more sustainably, while…
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Planting change: How AfroGrow is rethinking agroforestry in Africa
“Through this initiative, we are laying the foundation for a future where agroforestry is not only a sustainable solution but…
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Where the desert advances, women push back
The Sahel region – a fragile belt stretching across the girth of Africa – is one of the world’s most…
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Why climate actions and finance must work for communities and the planet
My vision for climate action is a world where science, policy and local knowledge converge to create sustainable, resilient landscapes.…
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When ‘the field’ is a forest: Nuances of data-gathering on Managalas Plateau
In Joive Village, on the eastern edge of Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s Managalas Plateau, a group of local youth gather…
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Conservation dialogues advance rights-based approaches in the Amazon
Protected Natural Areas (PNA) are key to the global effort to conserve biodiversity and adapt to and mitigate the effects…
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Making Managalas: Consensus for conservation on PNG’s Managalas Plateau
What makes a place a place? When we give a name to a country, a bioregion, or a geographic feature,…
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