Forests News
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How qualitative data analysis can serve women’s resource rights in Ethiopia
“Working on gender issues requires the ability to understand questions such as ‘why’ and ‘how’,” said Stibniati Atmadja, a CIFOR-ICRAF…
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Agriculture-linked deforestation topmost driver of emissions in Central Africa – Report
As the world races to mitigate global warming, agricultural expansion generally characterized by the practice of slash and burn has…
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Bringing science to public policy on REDD+
Government officials who make public policy increasingly seek to base their decisions on scientific evidence — but the information they…
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Imagining REDD+ under Indonesia’s ‘Job Creation Law’
An emerging ‘Job Creation Law’ in Indonesia seeks to reduce unemployment and boost GDP by deregulating investments and encouraging entrepreneurialism.…
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Mind the gap: What knowledge is needed for UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration success?
Significant gaps exist in information and knowledge about the barriers and pathways towards ecosystem restoration and biodiversity protection, according to…
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Listen and learn: Why research needs to start with women and communities
In-depth / 8 March 2023 Listen and learn: Why researchneeds to start with women and communities Interviews with CIFOR-ICRAF…
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Seeing from all sides: Why we need more women in science
Nining Liswanti is a researcher with CIFOR-ICRAF Indonesia. She has an undergraduate degree in forestry from the University of Gajah…
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Taking aim at overhunting
In-depth / 3 March 2023 Taking aim at overhunting How the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme uses both science and local…
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Honouring the waymakers for women in science: Meet Eponle Usoh Sylvie
Eponle Usoh Sylvie is a PhD research fellow at CIFOR-ICRAF in Cameroon. She has a bachelor’s degree in law and…
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Toucans, tapir and tortoises: Revealing the biological riches of southern Guyana
“In the hushed pre-dawn darkness, the first sounds of daylight begin to filter through the forest understory. As the trees…
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Congo Basin: Need for more funding to let ‘lungs of Africa’ breathe
The forests of Central Africa, which include the Congo Basin – a carbon sink like no other, absorbing more carbon…
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Are community rights being upheld in REDD+ safeguards processes and landscapes in East Kalimantan?
This blog presents preliminary findings of our research on REDD+ safeguards in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province. The results were validated…
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Nourishing leadership: Why gender matters in development science
As a food and nutrition scientist in CIFOR-ICRAF, Mulia Nurhasan leads the execution of the food and nutrition component of…
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In DRC, Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ inclusion in REDD+ remains a work in progress
Over a decade from the adoption of seven safeguard principles for REDD+ by the United Nations 2010 Climate Change Conference…
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How to balance the needs of both humans and wildlife?
Wild mammals, reptiles, birds and insects are eaten by people worldwide. But overhunting – driven mainly by the demand for…
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