Forests News
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Can you trust the numbers?
Millions of dollars are being invested in efforts to reduce the contribution of tropical deforestation to climate change. To find…
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Borderline
Part VII of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD (Voices from the forest-farm interface) Esther…
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Pineapples and peatlands
Sowing 10,000 pineapple plants is not everyone’s idea of a good time. But for Meri Andayani and her friends, the…
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DRC landscape restoration is electrifying!
For the 45 million people living in rural Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) there are few livelihood opportunities beyond…
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Ghetto chimps, 4 billion trees for Ethiopia, while Amazon deforestation accelerates…fast!
In Forests News last week: Can forests and smallholders live in harmony in Africa? Agriculture expansion presents the biggest threat…
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When ancestral lands fall victim to an international border
Part VI of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD Hansen Apewe Abaloori, Akaa, Kassena–Nankana…
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“Restoration belongs to the community”
Timescales can be tricky in forest restoration. We might have the best arguments in the world for why it makes…
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Can forests and smallholders live in harmony in Africa?
Six countries, three reflections, and a team of scientists working to define a landscape that works for all
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Firewood for income in a degrading landscape
Part V of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD Zizigna Bagambagui, community of Gwenia,…
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Cameroon forest superfood scores best for women’s health
When Caleb Yengo Tata travelled to the remote Takamanda rainforest region in southwest Cameroon on a research trip with the…
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Climate change fuelling war, nature shrinks, plus faith for forest restoration
In Forests News last week: Increasing ecosystem carbon is good for species On International Day of Biological Diversity, a new…
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Trees and wildfire worries
Part IV of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD Judith Afagachie, Nakong, Kassena–Nankana West…
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Increasing ecosystem carbon is good for species, says new study
It is widely assumed that land uses that increase carbon in biomass and soil to mitigate climate change also benefit…
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Cull! Say scientists. Crisis! Say journalists. Plus news from the Wood Wide Web
In Forests News last week: Keeping the peace in a national park buffer zone When access to the Kaboré Tambi…
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It isn’t too late…but the clock is ticking
“We have about twenty years to change our acts before something irreversible happens,” said Robert Nasi, director general of the…
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