Forests News
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From Bali to Jeju, mangroves might help fix East Asia’s climate challenges
South Korea’s Jeju Island is famous for many things: its volcanic landscape, white-sand beaches, haenyeo (woman divers), and abundant produce.…
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Explainer: Five issues facing forests
The world needs its forests. In fact, it needs more of them. There are currently about three trillion trees on…
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Centring innovation in Cameroonian agriculture
To stimulate innovation, it is important—indeed, vital—to ensure interaction between the various stakeholders, including producers, researchers, and outreach agents, sp…
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16 sustainable forestry terms you should know
It’s going to take all of our efforts to get to a greener, more resilient future – and managing trees…
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Tigers, crocodiles, rising tides: Fieldwork in the largest mangrove forest on Earth
Mangrove forests span around 147,000 square kilometres, or about one percent of global land area. And they’re more important than…
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Butter from a tree? Try chiuri!
Chiuri, otherwise known as the Nepali butter tree [Diploknema butyracea (Roxburgh) H. J. Lam], is one of the most important…
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Learning outside the classroom: Closer perspectives on gender and development research
Editor’s note: Sara Soto, Luisa Almanza and Juan David Hernández are undergraduate ecology students in the environmental and rural studies…
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Can oil palm agroforestry serve smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon?
Can oil palm be produced in ways that benefit the environment and sustain livelihoods for smallholder farmers? That’s the question…
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From songbirds to shade-grown coffee: Advancing sustainable trade in Indonesia
A new land-use change analysis showed a promising sustainability outlook for Indonesia’s palm oil sector, underscoring the importance of no-deforestation…
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In DRC, mining matters for forests + people
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), mining is a key consideration in the fight to preserve forests – whilst…
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A biodiversity plan for all
Biodiversity – an abbreviation of biological diversity – is the variety of life on Earth, from the tiniest bacteria to…
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Modeling future deforestation in Peru
Planners in Peru can model different scenarios for deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions and carbon credits using a new tool developed…
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What makes for good wood?
The Congo Basin, which spans several Central African countries, hosts the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest. Covering over 2 million square…
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Transforming gender approaches requires men’s involvement
Historically, women’s spaces have been viewed with suspicion by men, as they are seen to extend beyond the private sphere.…
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