Forests News
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Mangroves key to climate change
BOGOR, Indonesia (April 5, 2011)_A new study has just been published showing that mangroves store exceptionally more carbon than most…
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Cameroon’s Hidden Harvest
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (5 April, 2011)_The trade in illegally harvested timber provides a living for more than 45,000 people, a major…
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Connecting with Chinese and African scholars-as they connect with each other
NAIROBI, Kenya (March 29, 2011) _ I’m here in Nairobi, where I’m attending a conference called Towards a New Africa-China…
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Networks, history and art in Burgos
BURGOS, Spain (March 24, 2011) _ Hundreds of scientists, policymakers and others attended the Symposium on Ecosystem and Landscape-Level Approaches…
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REDD News Updates: 5-17 March, 2011
BOGOR, Indonesia (March 20, 2011)_Run by CIFOR and several partner organisations around the world, the 4-year Global Comparative Study (GCS)…
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Local Chief Elections and Deforestation
JAKARTA, Indonesia (March 17, 2011) _ Deforestation contributes almost a fifth of global greenhouse gases emissions and has been identified…
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5 Actors, 5 Trends, a Continent of Complexity
BOGOR, Indonesia (March 16, 2011) _ How do you structure a REDD+ project in tropical Latin America to make sure…
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5 Actors, 5 Trends, a Continent of Complexity
For a copy of the paper by Pacheco et al titled Landscape Transformation in Tropical Latin America: Assessing Trends and…
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How the media is shaping the debate on climate change in Central Africa
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (March 15, 2011) _ Many people living in the Congo Basin cite the media their main source…
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REDD news update Indonesia: February 23 – March 4, 2011
BOGOR, Indonesia (March 9, 2011) _Run by CIFOR and several partner organisations around the world, the 4-year Global Comparative Study…
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