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What mountain forests do for human well-being
Mountain forest ecosystems provide a wide range of benefits, not only to local residents, but to those living downstream: from…
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In the rush for landscape restoration goals, let’s not forget about biodiversity
The global momentum for restoration has never been greater. With ambitious targets like the Bonn Challenge, New York Declaration and…
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In China, paying farmers to restore forest landscapes
Massive flooding in 1998 along China’s Yangtze River killed thousands, left millions more homeless and caused billions of dollars worth…
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How happiness impacts forestry (and vice versa) in Bhutan
In the country of Bhutan, a small Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas, it is often the middle road that is…
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Protected: Collaboration on sustainable commodity trade tightens amid new regulations
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40 years of restoration in Nepal
On a clear day, reflections of snow-capped peaks shine like a vivid oil painting on the surface of Phewa Lake.…
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In the hands of farmers: Ethiopia’s push to restore degraded lands
Ethiopia is home to sub-Saharan Africa’s second largest population, and most of the country’s 100 million people are farmers. In…
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At a once-premier reserve, sowing seeds of transformation
Deep in the world’s second largest tropical forest sits a maze of buildings that were once home to a premier,…
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How China, Nepal and Ethiopia are restoring forest landscapes
Forest landscape restoration has gained a high political profile internationally, but still faces the challenge of how best to involve…
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Colombia develops guidelines for biodiversity offsets
When a company builds a mine, dam, highway or other infrastructure, how can it compensate for, or ‘offset’, the loss…
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Tree plantations could help Peru meet forest restoration goal
Peru has set a goal of restoring forest on some 3 million hectares of degraded land, but the country still…
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‘Grain for green’: How China is swapping farmland for forest
Since 1999, China has restored forest landscapes across more than 28 million hectares of farmland and land classified as barren…
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