Forests News
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Securing land tenure for women and girls to promote climate change resilience
“Women’s land rights should be at the core of everything we do, to enhance our climate action” – Beth Roberts,…
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Rethinking multi-stakeholder forums for marginalized groups
Researchers have long agreed that fixing the challenges surrounding the way land and resources are used and managed requires collaboration.…
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Blockchain platform offers reforestation efforts access to carbon finance
In the latest assessment by the U.N. climate science panel, experts emphasized the potential benefits of natural solutions to combat…
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Celebrating women in environmental conservation
From the likes of Jane Goodall and Wangari Maathai, to Greta Thunberg, women across the generations have inspired the world…
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Can adaptive and reflexive learning support more resilient multi-stakeholder forums?
Following wider interest in the land use, land-use change and forestry sector worldwide, Kenya has seen a rise in multi-stakeholder…
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New book details best approaches to Adaptive Collaborative Management in forests
The triskelion is an ancient symbol, often represented by three spirals. Its triadic form holds various meanings for the different…
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Recognize full value of forests and land use in fight for climate
Without urgent action to curb global warming, limiting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels will be impossible,…
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DRC women’s association takes charge of the future, supporting others to do the same
Akili ni mali – the Swahili translation for knowledge is wealth, is the name adopted by a local women’s association…
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Planet Earth is not a delicately balanced benign Being, but forests and trees can help
During the recent Global Forest Summit, I was asked whether humans were responsible for the various crises we are facing:…
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Beyond the Green Revolution: Clearing a new path for Indian agriculture
“Indian agriculture is in crisis,” said Ravi Prabhu, the Center for International Forestry Research–World Agroforestry Center (CIFOR-ICRAF)’s director of innovation,…
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Rethink policy approach to dynamic bushmeat trade to conserve wildlife
A lack of clarity regarding the influences driving commodification of the wild meat sector in Africa point to the need…
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Discovering the forest wonders of Africa – and the threats they face
This story was originally published on The Conversation. Africa’s forests are some of the natural wonders of the world. As…
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Palm oil, coffee and songbirds: Toward sustainable trade in Indonesia
Economic interconnectivity – including through international trade — is a mainstay of modern life, delivering life-changing and -saving goods and…
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Oil palm agroforestry in Brazil dispels myths about monocultures
For many people, the mere mention of palm oil conjures up dystopian images of trees planted in military drill formation…
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The intricate ordeal of forest financing: Lessons from Brazil
Brazil’s journey in environmental conservation is one of a kind. The country once successfully reduced the deforestation rate in Amazonia…
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