Forests News
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Image of tree-hugging tiger wins 2020 wildlife photographer award
In the dappled light of a Russian forest, a Siberian tigress, apparently alone, embraces the trunk of an ancient Manchurian…
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Partnership shapes peatland conservation strategies in Peru
This blog originally appeared on the USAID Climatelinks knowledge portal. Peru ranks as the country with the fourth-highest volume of…
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Q+A: Building just societies and resilient landscapes alongside rural women
Rural women play an essential role in using and managing natural resources in forest and tree-based landscapes across the world
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Rainforests led to extinction of megafauna in Southeast Asia, study says
Who or what is to blame for the demise of the giant animals and early humans that once roamed the…
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Contributions of forest and water sectors overlooked in policy processes
Despite their extensive potential — from confronting climate change to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — the forest and…
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Pictures reveal magic of mangrove ecosystems
Mangrove Action Project recently announced the winners of its 2020 Mangrove Photography Awards. Here are some highlights. Victor Hugo Luja…
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Six tips for Africa’s restoration entrepreneurs
Africa has the potential to restore 700 million hectares of degraded and deforested land, but experts caution that to transform…
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COVID-19 pandemic offers opportunity to rethink status quo conservation efforts
The coronavirus pandemic creates an opportunity to rethink generally accepted underperforming business-as-usual approaches to conservation, say more than 20 conservation…
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Q+A: CIFOR-ICRAF scientists to speak at tree planting forum
Tree planting is often discussed as a panacea for environmental ailments such as climate change and biodiversity loss. However, this…
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Insecurity, COVID-19 hit women-led shea sector on eve of Africa free trade deal
Women have dominated shea production and sales for centuries in West Africa, managing trees, gathering nuts, roasting and crushing kernels…
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Respect for Indigenous land rights key in fight against climate change
Although research demonstrates the benefits – for people and forests – of secure land and resource rights, these rights remain…
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Tree planting is critical for sustainable future but can’t fix climate change on its own
Around 40 kilometers south-west of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, native and exotic trees stand side by side on 8…
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Community-based forest monitoring effective for tracking deforestation in Peru
For hundreds of years, colonizing states have systematically dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of their lands, forcing them off their traditional territories…
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Canopy Conversations: Team Lioness engages women in wildlife conservation
In Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem, eight Maasai women risk their lives to protect their ancestral lands from poachers. Together, these young…
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