Forests News
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Want to know where (most) trees grow? Ask TreeGOER
A new open-access database that documents the observed environmental ranges for most known tree species is tipped to be a…
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“We cannot restore the peatlands if we don’t improve the livelihoods of the people”
In rural Indonesia, clearing forests and peatlands for farming is a common practice among local communities. The practice can have…
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Avoiding extinctions from international trade in tropical tree species
Saving endangered species is a critical challenge for conservation and sustainability movements, and is also a matter of survival as…
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Congo Basin states scramble to restore degraded forests
The forests of Central Africa, which for a long time remained unspoiled, are now increasingly subject to deforestation and degradation.…
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Visiting Lecture: Taking local context into account in REDD+ policy implementation
In the last two decades, annual tropical forest cover loss around the world has increased despite numerous efforts to counter…
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South Korea turns to blue carbon to help mitigate climate crisis
South Korea is focusing on the ‘blue carbon’ within mangroves and wetlands to help mitigate climate change as the country’s…
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New strategies needed to uproot deep barriers to land, resource rights for women
From climate change to deforestation to biodiversity loss, global challenges are significantly worsened by barriers limiting land and resource rights…
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To spray or not to spray
Though it’s native to the Americas, the fall armyworm – a voracious caterpillar that attacks maize and other cereals, damaging…
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Peatland restoration and community involvement can help prevent forest and land fires
Indonesia has been facing challenges with forest fires and haze, particularly during the dry season, leading to environmental, economic, and…
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Agroecology can fix our food systems. Here’s how.
We all know there are no silver bullets that can address the confluence of crises that we currently encounter on…
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All eyes on agroecology as Vietnam embarks on food system transformation journey
Vietnam is positioning itself as a food innovation hub for Asia, and is building its reputation as a responsible, transparent,…
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Integrated landscape approach may help end conflict with herders in Ghana, study says
Multi-stakeholder forums have potential to balance farmer relations with Fulani pastoralists
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Evidence of forest buffalo presence raises hopes for recovering wildlife populations in DRC
Camera traps capture images of buffalo in the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve after five years of monitoring.
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Indonesia must face up to the heightened risk of drought and fire under El Niño
Have you noticed people talking about the weather more than usual lately? In Indonesia and across much of Southeast Asia,…
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Flowing together: Connecting forests, freshwater and fish through watershed-based management
Looking down on the Earth from above, it makes intuitive sense to manage our watersheds. From this birds-eye view, we…
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