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Oil palm, timber sectors must solve communication, tenure issues: panelists
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Timber and oil palm: two of Southeast Asia’s most important exports, crucial to local livelihoods and national…
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Once there was a lake: Study highlights complexity of vulnerability to environmental change
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Life had always been precarious for the pastoralists, fishers and farmers near Lake Faguibine, west of…
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Hopes rise for Myanmar to chart a greener path
Civil society groups focused on land use in Myanmar are taking hope from a recent speech from the country’s top…
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Study paints nuanced picture of gender roles in forestry
A global study challenges conventional notions of gender roles in forest management, showing that both men and women collect forest…
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Access to state-owned forests critical for rural smallholders, study finds
Editor’s Note: Land tenure in forested areas was a key theme of discussion at the Forests Asia Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia. At the Summit,…
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FOREST HEROINE: Bolivia’s Sofia Vexina aims to make urban forest dream a reality
Editor’s Note: International Women’s Day is Saturday, 8 March, and in honor of women’s many contributions to forestry, Forests News is…
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FOREST HEROINE: Phakee Wannasak wards off threats to community-led forest governance
Editor’s Note: International Women’s Day is Saturday, 8 March, and in honor of women’s many contributions to forestry, Forests News is…
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SDGs should tackle energy access to boost gender equality, researcher says
BOGOR, Indonesia (6 March 2014) — Comprehensive U.N. anti-poverty targets established in 2000 have done much to advance and empower…
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Non-timber forest products: the way forward for the rural woman?
Editor’s Note: This article was previously published on the website of the World Congress on Agroforestry. In honor of International…
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FOREST HEROINE: Catharine Watson takes action for Uganda’s forests
Editor’s Note: International Women’s Day is Saturday, 8 March, and in honor of women’s many contributions to forestry, Forests News is…
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FOREST HEROINE: Anne Hallum alleviates Guatemala poverty through agroforestry
Editor’s Note: International Women’s Day is Saturday, 8 March, and in honor of women’s many contributions to forestry, Forests News…
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Stakeholders in Jakarta map out long-term solutions to haze crisis
Editor’s Note: The haze crisis will be a key theme of discussion at the upcoming Forests Asia Summit, 5-6 May in Jakarta, Indonesia.…
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