Forests News
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In REDD+ villages, women say their wellbeing has declined
Climate change interventions in forest communities are still not getting it right when it comes to gender, a study has…
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Why social forestry: Securing the sap
Dedy Aprianto packs his gear and begins walking from his home in Pahmungan village in Indonesia’s Lampung Province. A few…
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Why social forestry: Keeping the coffee
In a lush valley in Lampung Province in the southern tip of Sumatra sits the village of Tri Budi Syukur,…
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Counting down: Scientists warn of ‘alarming’ loss of Borneo orangutans
Once, there were hundreds of thousands of orangutans roaming the island of Borneo. Over the decades – as chainsaws and…
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Alue Dohong: Restoring peatlands, empowering communities
The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) was established with a mission to accelerate the restoration of peatland hydrology and vegetation degraded…
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To fix landscapes, first get the right tools
By pledging to restore millions of hectares of deforested and degraded land, countries take a first step on a road…
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Agroforestry: Why don’t farmers plant more trees?
In communities around the world, agroforestry – which involves growing trees among or around food crops – has been a…
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Increasing sustainability by leaps and bonds
A recent private sector initiative to help fund sustainable natural rubber plantations in heavily degraded land areas of Indonesia has…
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The sweet secrets of Mt. Mutis
Once upon a time, there was a scientist who traveled to West Timor, Indonesia to study the forests of Mutis-Timau.…
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The tropical family tree: Tracking forests’ evolutionary past
Scientists have traced the evolutionary history of the world’s tropical forests, with some surprising results – and new insights that…
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10 years on, tenure remains a challenge for REDD+
It’s now been 10 years since the United Nations launched REDD, an ambitious program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from…
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Turning down the heat in Indonesia’s oil palm industry
In Indonesia, palm oil is a hot industry in more ways than one. In 2015 alone, it contributed USD 20.75…
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To protect the world’s forests, we must start with its cities
This article first appeared as an op-ed on 21 March on Thomson Reuters Foundation. For years we have celebrated forests,…
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What is blue carbon?
The term ‘blue carbon’ is gaining currency in global climate talks and national policy circles. But what does it really…
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Robert Nasi: What’s happening to our forests?
When it comes to caring for forests, it’s not only a matter of what forests can do for us, or…
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