Forests News
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What does REDD+ mean for business?
JAKARTA, Indonesia (6 May, 2011)_Frances Seymour, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) discussed the challenges of…
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The Norwegian Ambassador encourages sustainable business in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (6 May, 2011)_At a special luncheon held by CIFOR at the ‘B4E- Business for Environment’ meeting in Jakarta,…
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Businesses and environmentalists need to ‘get real’ over REDD+
JAKARTA, Indonesia (29 April, 2011)_Business and environmental lobbies need to ‘get real’ over the importance of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from…
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Businesses pledge support for Indonesian green economy
JAKARTA, Indonesia (29 April, 2011)_Indonesian businesses have announced their commitment to work towards a green economy by presenting the Coordinating…
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Indonesia’s Yudhoyono promises incentives to develop degraded land
JAKARTA, Indonesia (29 April, 2011)_Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promises incentives and renews calls for businesses to develop the country’s…
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Agus Purnomo’s key messages for forest and climate change
JAKARTA, Indonesia (29 April, 2011)_Indonesia’s chief climate change negotiator, Agus Purnomo today discussed the difficulties between balancing a growing economy…
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REDD+ Taskforce Reaches Out to Palm Oil Companies
JAKARTA, Indonesia (28 April 2011)_Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Head of the President’s Delivery Unit for Development Monitoring and Oversight and Chair of…
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Transcript of President Yudhoyono’s speech at B4E Global Summit
JAKARTA, Indonesia (28 April, 2011)_The President of Indonesia, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono today announced the opening of a program that…
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A new mangrove management strategy?
BALI, Indonesia (28 April, 2011)_Local communities on Nusa Penida and Lembongan in Bali are fighting back to save their wetlands…
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Neoliberal conservation: commoditisation, media and celebrity
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 April, 2011)_Is it possible to “eat one’s conservation cake and eat development desert too”? Food for thought…
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The challenges in communicating technical research
BALI, Indonesia (25 April, 2011)_Breaking down the complexities of scientific research into digestible chunks is a difficult job for researchers…
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Time for reform of Cameroon’s domestic timber sector
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (23 April, 2011)_The trade in illegally harvested timber provides a living for more than 45,000 people, a major…
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Could orangutan conservation be helped by the heavens?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibEiG6-vDas KALIMANTAN, Indonesia (21 April, 2011)_Like many indigenous peoples around the world, some of the Dayak tribes of Indonesia still…
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Environment Caught in the Extremes
This article, written by Agus Purnomo, special adviser on climate change to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, first appeared in the…
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Forests and food security: What we know and need to know
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 April, 2011)_A few weeks ago, I met a senior diplomat from one of the countries where CIFOR…
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