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Plenty in common
This research will be presented by its authors on 21 March at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference 2018:…
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Restarting Nepal’s forestry sector
This topic will be discussed at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference 2018: Land Governance in an Interconnected World,…
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Oil palm landscapes: Sketching out sustainable futures
This article is the fourth in a four-part series on a global study on Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes. In Colombia,…
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Oil palm landscapes: Playing the long game with palm oil
This article is the third in a four-part series on a global study on Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes. It might…
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From paper to reality: The task of restoring Latin America’s forest landscapes
Latin America has committed to restoring 27.7 million hectares of forest landscapes by 2020 under the Bonn Challenge — but…
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Women and forestry: Drawing on decades of research
For decades, researchers have studied the impacts of gender on the rights of men and women in forestry. Yet as…
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Restoring the world’s forests: What does it mean for women’s rights?
Around the world, millions of hectares of land are being reforested as part of global efforts to combat climate change,…
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In a Central Java town, local wood enterprises carve a niche in the global market
Sitting in Mbak Njum’s tiny office in the coastal Central Java town of Jepara, talk was of exports, trends in…
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How safe are our wildlife sanctuaries?
In celebration of World Wildlife Day on 3 March 2018, as the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on…
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Oil palm landscapes: Indonesia’s game of palms
This article is the second in a four-part series on a global study on Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes. East Kalimantan…
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Oil palm landscapes: Playing for keeps
This article is the first in a four-part series on a global study on Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes. A group…
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When rights to land doesn’t mean rights to resources
As indigenous communities around the world gain recognition of rights to their ancestral lands, their rights to resources on those…
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REDD+ benefits: Men want cash, women want development
When it comes to REDD+ benefits, men and women differ in their preferences, with men preferring cash incentives while women…
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