Forests News
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Certifying forests: How REDD+ can learn from experience
BOGOR, Indonesia (6 July, 2011)_REDD+ proponents can learn from the multistakeholder approach of experienced certification body, the Forest Stewardship Council,…
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Challenges in Communicating REDD+ Hamper Efforts to Save Forests
BOGOR, Indonesia (30 June, 2011)_Some communities in Indonesia are currently facing a tough choice: sell their forests to logging or…
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Community connections may play a vital role in influencing REDD policy
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (29 June, 2011)_Understanding the complex and overlapping forest-based relationships that exist within the isolated communities of…
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REDD+ challenges show reality on the ground
OSLO, Norway (28 June, 2011)_The challenges that Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) projects are currently facing, including…
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Does the pressure for impact compromise research?
BOGOR, Indonesia (28 June, 2011)_When is the right time to talk publicly about new findings from a research project? This…
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CIFOR Director General gives overview of REDD+ research
OSLO, Norway (27 June, 2011)_Constructing safeguards to protect against REDD-related harm, preventing corruption in REDD+-related finance, and addressing pushback from…
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Cracking Code REDD: Filipino civil societies demystifying sustainable forestry
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (23 June, 2011)_The Filipino organisation CoDe-REDD has been working with forest dwelling communities over the past…
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A Gem in the Depths of Danau Sentarum: How orchids can inspire conservation
BOGOR, Indonesia (23 June, 2011)_Forest conservation comes with opportunity costs, both economic and social. But development and conservation are not…
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Philippines ahead of the game in social forestry
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (22 June, 2011)_Ensuring community participation in the sustainable management of forests is one of the main…
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Global Biofuel Controversies Felt on the Ground in Danau Sentarum
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 June, 2011)_Developed countries’ biofuel mandates aimed at mitigating climate change have added pressure on Indonesia’s forests and…
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For richer or for poorer: “Hidden” environmental income critical for rural poverty alleviation
LONDON, United Kingdom (21 June, 2011)_Over a quarter of the income of the rural poor depends on forests and other…
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Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium—Analyzing the numbers
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 June, 2011)_The Indonesian president’s office has stated that the moratorium on new forest concessions, announced last month,…
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Moratorium Cheat Sheet
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 May, 2011)_You have all seen the Moratorium maps, but what about the numbers? Here are some numbers…
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Taking care of man’s closest relatives
MELBOURNE, Australia (19 June, 2011)_50 years ago, there were at least one million chimpanzees living in the equatorial forest belt…
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Forest governance key to success of Central Africa’s green economy
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (17 June, 2011)_Financing forest conservation in Central Africa is an age-old issue of trust between the…
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