Forests News
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Taking a serious look at gender issues – starting with ourselves
The organisers of an inception meeting as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Trees, Forests and Agroforestry took their…
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Health of forest people needs more attention for welfare and environment
ETNA, United States (10 April, 2012)_Better understanding of the health of forest dwellers is required to both protect their human…
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Are we ready for a ‘new agriculture’ that won’t cost us the Earth?
BOGOR, Indonesia (10 April 2012)_Our current food production model clears biodiverse forest ecosystems for agriculture, simplifying our diet so much…
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Costa Rican farmers beat climate change by protecting their soil
BOGOR, Indonesia (9 April, 2012)_Farmers toiling the slopes of Costa Rica’s Irazu volcano are using electric fences, improved pastures and…
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Domesticating indigenous fruit trees puts better food on the table in sub-Saharan Africa
BOGOR, Indonesia (5 April, 2012)_Encouraging local farmers to domesticate indigenous fruit trees could help provide much-needed vitamins to millions of…
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Overhunting bush animals threatens food security of Central Africa’s rural communities
BOGOR, Indonesia (5 April, 2012)_Wild animals such as bonobos and large antelopes are being unsustainably hunted to meet overwhelming domestic…
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Mango trees help make food crops in Bangladesh more productive
DHAKA, Bangladesh (4 April, 2012)_Just planting a few mango trees in and around different food crops is proving to be…
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Brazil forges forward on path to sustainable forest development
LIMA, Peru (3 April, 2012)_Brazil is forging forward towards its sustainable forest development goal, with many ministers and scientists hailing…
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New tree-planting and water-use methods boost soil carbon to aid food security in Africa
LONDON, United Kingdom (30 March, 2012)_Innovative tree-planting techniques that amp up levels of soil organic carbon, an indicator of soil…
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Diversified forest gardens can reduce food security risks in Latin America
LIMA, Peru (30 March, 2012)_Forest gardens within coffee plantations in Candelaria Loxicha, Mexico, play a vital role in supporting farmers’…
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Forests becoming ‘human’s garden’, experts worried whether any truly wild places left
LONDON, United Kingdom (28 March, 2012)_Scientists at the Planet under Pressure conference in London have warned of humankind’s entrance into…
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Crippling bureaucracy keeps Congo’s chainsaw millers in legal quagmire
BOGOR, Indonesia (28 March 2012)_Small-scale chainsaw millers in the Republic of Congo risk losing their livelihoods as crippling bureaucracy makes…
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Land sharing or land sparing? Reconciling agriculture and biodiversity conservation
For a copy of the report by Gutíerrez-Vélez, V, DeFries, R, Pinedo-Vasquez, M, Uriarte, M, Padoch, C, Baethgen, W, Fernandes,…
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Land sharing or land sparing? Reconciling agriculture and biodiversity conservation
BOGOR, Indonesia (26 March, 2012)_The global human population is estimated to grow to 9 billion by 2050. Not only will…
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The world’s kidneys: Why forests matter for World Water Day and Rio+20
BOGOR, Indonesia (22 March, 2012)_The fact that trees play a critical role in supplying clean water is a point yet…
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