Forests News
-
Forests 101: The green infrastructure sustaining life on earth
Guest: Robert Nasi, CIFOR Director General In this episode that coincides with the International Day of Forests, we go back…
1 min read -
Five (or six) solutions for saving the world’s forests and restoring landscapes
We’ve heard a lot about ambitious tree planting initiatives in recent months. Laudable as these may be – and we…
8 min read -
Drought fuels charcoal boom in Zambia
Southern Africa, one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change, is experiencing its most severe drought in a…
6 min read -
Finale features lessons learned in social forestry–climate change partnership
In Jakarta last week, delegates celebrated more than a decade of partnership at a knowledge-sharing event where lessons learned and…
3 min read -
Amazon rainforest could disappear within 50 years, scientists report
Large scale ecosystems the size of the Amazon forests could collapse within 50 years and the Caribbean coral reefs in…
3 min read -
No time to waste: Tropical forests become source of global warming
Terry Sunderland, a collaborating author of the Nature article “Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests,” is…
6 min read -
Women farmers, the unsung heroes
Guest: Houria Djoudi, CIFOR Senior Scientist & Anna Maria Paez-Valencia, ICRAF Scientist In our very first episode that coincides with…
1 min read -
Recipe for slowing species loss and cutting extinction risk in half
Limiting climate change to 2 degrees Celsius and conserving 30 percent of terrestrial area could halve the risk of plant,…
4 min read -
Has the FLEGT Action plan contributed to better forest governance?
I still remember the day, years ago, when the director general of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) “invited”…
7 min read -
Canadian caribou hunting ban highlights challenges of wildlife management
It could be a hundred years before the number of caribou in the George River Caribou Herd reach levels seen…
7 min read -
Miss Environment and ‘green champions’ amplify nature-based solutions in Kenya
As International Women’s Day nears on March 8, UN Women is celebrating people who are driving actions to create the…
1 min read -
Can tropical forests protect us against climate change?
While tropical forests remain one of the world’s most important weapons in the fight against climate change, their ability to…
6 min read -
Bringing back mangroves: Scientists in Mexico restore degraded ecosystems
“What was this area like three years ago?” I asked researcher Jorge Herrera as we dipped our feet into the…
8 min read -
Religious and Indigenous leaders in Indonesia unite to protect forests
More than 250 religious leaders descended upon Jakarta in January pledging to prioritize protection of the world’s third largest tropical…
2 min read
