Forests News
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Sharing positive views about forests and trees on the International Day of Forests
Today is the first annual International Day of Forests. From 1972 until now, 21 March was celebrated as World Forestry…
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Forcing companies to carry out costly biodiversity surveys often backfires: Experts
BOGOR, Indonesia (18 March, 2013)_Forcing timber, mining and plantation companies to carry out costly, time-consuming and for-the-most-part incomplete biodiversity surveys…
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Thoughts on the 2012 Global Food Policy Report
I had the pleasure of reading the excellent 2012 Global Food Policy Report, released on 14 March by the International…
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REDD+ funds bring new business opportunities to Indonesian villages
Indonesia’s villagers are benefiting from funds provided by an international forest-preserving scheme by cultivating mushrooms instead of relying on unsustainable…
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Villagers manage Indonesia’s old flaming habits with the help of REDD+
Equipped with firemen uniforms, water hoses, a pump and axes, rice farmers in Garantung village on Indonesia’s part of Borneo…
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As forests disappear, orangutans cling for survival in diminishing peat swamps
A little patch of forest, two hectares in size, looks lonely in the vast expanse of oil palm plantations that…
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Mapping Indonesia’s future: integrating indigenous claims to land
Dressed in a red batik shirt and carrying a symbolic long wooden dagger, Dayak tribal leader Lewis K.D.R. prepares for…
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Exchanging forests with degraded lands: a challenge for Indonesia
It’s being touted as a way to reduce deforestation in Indonesia: Give investors — who have already been issued permits…
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What do people think? Finding optimism in tree plantations
While timber harvested from natural tropical forests is expected to reach “peak production” in the coming decades, the area occupied…
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Maintaining forestry’s identity among global challenges
We seem to have a new debate in international forestry circles following our recent initiative to hold a global forum…
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Colombia’s palm oil boost must account for environment and human rights concerns
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 March, 2013)_ Palm oil giant Colombia may be in a position to better balance sustainability and output…
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What do people think? Finding optimism in tree plantations
Püschel-Hoeneisen N and Simonetti JA. 2012. Forested habitat preferences by Chilean citizens: Implications for biodiversity conservation in Pinus radiata plantations.…
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Gender analysis in forestry research: What policymakers should know
What is gender? Gender refers to the economic, political and cultural attributes associated with being a man or a woman.…
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How-to guide: Incorporating women’s perspective into forest management
BOGOR, Indonesia (8 March, 2013) _While the world is coming to appreciate the unique perspective women have on forest management,…
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