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Supporting Indigenous peoples to restore the balance between wildlife and food security
“There used to be a lot of wildlife here in my father’s and grandfather’s time: deer, tapir, capybara and peccaries,”…
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Why Blue Carbon needs to be on the climate agenda
Carbon stored in mangroves and wetlands (known as blue carbon) is playing an increasingly prominent role in discussions about the…
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Moving forward on gender equality in forestry
A conversation with Carol J. Pierce Colfer (CIFOR/Cornell University), with contributions from Seema Arora-Jonsson (Swedish University of Life Sciences), Markus…
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Scientists from CIFOR-ICRAF showed examples of successful restoration techniques at the Global Landscapes Forum
A team of four scientists from the merged Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) impressed delegates…
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It’s time for individually determined contributions to reducing emissions
The director-general of World Agroforestry (ICRAF) introduces the Global Landscapes Forum in New York City with a call for immediate…
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Forests, Tenure, and Climate: Some key recent findings with respect to REDD+ and beyond REDD+
The original article can be read from here and is published by Rights and Resources In spite of widely-recognized challenges,…
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Now the IPCC knows it too, climate change can’t be solved without rights
Yesterday, the day before Indigenous Day, the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) included indigenous rights in its Special…
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Can palm oil enter the circular economy?
Palm oil is the wonderstuff of fats. It makes our cookies crunchier, shampoo bubblier and lipstick smoother, all for a…
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How do you protect what’s ‘everywhere but nowhere?’
Yesterday Ethiopia began its ambitious 4 billion tree planting program. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, said the mega campaign will…
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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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Earth from Space, banks back environment, and can Notre Dame inspire A Global Deal for Nature?
Last week in Forests News: The future of social forestry in Indonesia How to propel community forest management by 750%…
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