Forests News
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Securing the future of mangroves through sustainable wood fuel management
Cameroon is home to some of Africa’s largest mangrove forests. The country’s unique shoreline ecosystems host important biodiversity, including mangroves…
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Indonesian students shape sustainable forestry solutions through U.S. education
Biodiversity conservation in such tropical countries as Indonesia requires protection of natural ecosystems, promotion of the sustainable management of forests,…
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Survey shows potential impact of palm trees in quantifying rainforest carbon
Palm trees are more than five times more numerous in such neotropical rainforests as the Amazon than in the large-scale…
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Body Mass Index does not shape complete picture of nutritional needs of Pygmy people
Traditionally foragers and hunter-gatherers, many of the Indigenous communities scattered throughout the dense tropical forests of Central Africa have been…
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Forests can help reshape ‘dysfunctional’ global food system, scientists say
Although many modeling forecasts and government policies suggest that forests must be destroyed to make way for agriculture and provide…
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Q+A: Rollback of environmental protections continues during COVID-19 pandemic, expert says
As the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown limits civic participation, some officials are dismantling ecosystem protections, an environmental governance expert has said.…
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Under fire: Five myths about wood fuel in sub-Saharan Africa
Despite the environmental cost of using firewood and charcoal for meal preparation and to meet other energy needs, more than…
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The carbon on your plate: mangrove and aquaculture
Shoring up mangrove protection amid shrimp production
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Reflections on landscape challenges and opportunities in Kalomo
With our field work stalled by social unrest in Zambia and then the global COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to seize…
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Unlocking the power of entrepreneurship to promote local development in forest communities
Yangambi, located in northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was once a lush tropical forest landscape, home to bountiful wildlife…
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Photo competition brings mangroves into sharper focus
Four renowned conservation and National Geographic photographers – Cristina Mittermeier, Steve Winter, Octavio Aburto and Jennifer Hayes — will judge…
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CIFOR annual report brings impact of 2019 forest research efforts into focus
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has honed its capacity to transform research into change, according to its 2019…
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Trees: To plant or not to plant
Trees, glorious trees. Let’s plant a million, a billion, a trillion or more. Tree planting is growing into a global…
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CIFOR’s Robert Nasi to U.S. congressional staff: wildlife trade, ecosystem degradation and climate change, major drivers of emerging infectious diseases
Ample evidence exists to show that landscape changes resulting from ecosystem fragmentation and degradation are major drivers of the emergence…
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