Forests News
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Using the ‘four powers’ to tackle land use dilemmas
Exclusion from land is inherently negative. A handful of actors hold all the power to control relations around land use.…
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In ecotourism, trotting the globe to help protect it
On the edge of Sumatra’s Leuser National Park, Tanganan village offers days spent hiking to see wild tigers, rhinos, elephants…
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Ebola returns in area scientists predicted ‘highly favorable’ for outbreak
Ebola, the deadly hemorrhagic virus that can kill up to 90 percent of those it infects, has made a recent…
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Oil palm for the people
Palm oil might seem an odd proposition for reducing poverty and preserving rainforests. In recent years, the negative environmental and…
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From the soil to the law, climate change efforts in Indonesia
Despite growing pressures of development and urbanization, community members from Sendangsari village in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta province improved the local economy…
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In Indonesia, social forestry gets socialized
One challenge with social forestry is that its inner-workings aren’t always understood – often among communities involved in it most.…
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Justice glitches and technical fixes in conservation projects
In the last decade, ambitious initiatives have been launched to address climate change and development – the Paris Agreement and…
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Taking stock of carbon in mangroves
As scientists are increasingly exploring the high carbon stocks contained in mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows – known as…
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For REDD+ payment, countries need framework, then investment
“When you talk about protection of forests, you have to remember that it not only benefits the country itself, it…
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Participatory monitoring key to restoration success
150 million hectares of degraded land – an area the size of Alaska. That’s what governments around the world have…
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5 questions on forests in climate change
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What happened at the 2018 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit
Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region on earth, home to the world’s three largest cities. Yet it also contains 740…
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How’s the water? Crowdsource to find out
Montane forests in East Africa play a crucial role as water towers, holding freshwater long enough for it to recharge…
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A Ponzi scheme with Nature?
A few months back, we shared our first impressions of new research on the Zambian trade of Pterocarpus tinctorius –…
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Fishing with a new research method nets bountiful insights
Why might fish stocks be more depleted inside a marine protected area (MPA) than outside of it? This and other…
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