Forests News
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The Economist says we can simply adapt to climate change. We think they are mistaken.
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 April, 2013) – A recent article in The Economist magazine asserted that the air temperature of the…
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Norway’s government pension fund divests from palm oil producers
BOGOR, Indonesia (12 April, 2013) – Norway’s government pension fund – one of the world’s largest – has withdrawn US$…
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Q+A: Forest-tenure reform advances, but questions remain
LIMA, Peru (10 April, 2013) – In the past three decades, at least 200 million hectares of forest have been…
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World Health Day 2013: Combating malnutrition and infection with forests
BOGOR, Indonesia (7 April, 2013)_World Health Day is a time when — as a nutritionist — I think about the…
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Nepal: Eager to join global efforts to fight deforestation, but not getting to the root
BOGOR, Indonesia (5 April, 2013)_Though it has shown enthusiastic support for global efforts to slow forest loss and degradation (REDD+),…
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Could the Sustainable Development Goals include Landscapes?
Last week, the UN High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda met in Bali, Indonesia. The political commitment from last year’s…
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Experts: Corruption could threaten global efforts to slow forest loss
BRASILIA, Brazil (1 April, 2013) _ U.N.-backed efforts to slow forest loss could be derailed by corruption, experts warned as…
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Interpol expert: Fund distribution for scheme to slow global warming needs to be transparent
BRASILIA, Brazil (28 March, 2013) _ Initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from forest loss (REDD+) need to be…
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Study: Why planting more trees is always a good idea
BOGOR, Indonesia (26 March, 2013)_A new review of strategies to prepare for the impacts of climate change shows that expanding…
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Postcards from the Field: Mud, mud, glorious mangroves
Laughing and spraying each other with a hose, Yasuke Okimoto (Oki) and Sigit Deni Sasmito clean up after a long…
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Could sustainable logging save Indonesia’s mangroves?
It sounds counter-intuitive. Indonesia’s vast mangrove forests, CIFOR has recently discovered, are a valuable carbon sink. They shelter unique species,…
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‘Dirty Science’: Excavating the truth about mangroves and carbon
Chest-deep in brackish, tea-coloured water, a team of scientists wades into a towering mangrove forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It’s…
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New training manual gives researchers tools to tackle tenure
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 March, 2013)_Tenure rights to forests are notoriously complex – a new guide by the Center for International…
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