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Management of Congo’s non-timber forest products starts with understanding trade
HYDERABAD, India (30 October, 2012)_The first step to managing bushmeat and other non-timber products taken from the Congo Basin forest…
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Bringing the genebank back to the field: researcher argues for on-farm conservation
HYDERABAD, India (29 October, 2012)_Field gene banks — monotonous orchards packed with tropical trees spanning as far as the eye…
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Without healthy ecosystems, jobs disappear, businesses relocate
HYDERABAD, India (29 October, 2012)_Finding ways to sustainably manage the world’s natural resources is as important for labour rights as…
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U.N. recognises new guidelines to better manage competing demands for land
HYDERABAD, India, (25 October 2012)_A new set of ‘best practice guidelines’ aiming to inform policy makers on how to balance…
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Sharing land with tigers in Nepal
BOGOR, Indonesia (25 October, 2012)_There is intense ongoing debate in the scientific literature about whether ‘land sharing’ or ‘land sparing’…
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Recognising indigenous “sacred areas” could double amount of protected land worldwide
HYDERABAD, India (23 October, 2012)_Recognising areas conserved by indigenous peoples could double the amount of land designated as protected worldwide,…
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Global forest expert panel presents key findings on link between biodiversity and carbon
HYDERABAD, India (18 October, 2012)_After a year’s worth of analysis, a global forest expert panel has come to seven key…
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Forests or Agriculture: not necessarily an ‘all or nothing’ trade-off
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 October, 2012)_Making informed decisions on how to reduce carbon emissions from forestry and agriculture requires some solid…
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The Bushmeat Dilemma: Forest communities will hunt, but can they do it sustainably?
HYDERABAD, India (15 October, 2012)_With bushmeat accounting for as much as 80 percent of fats and proteins in diets across…
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Scaling up sustainability: time for forestry to come out of the forest
BOGOR, Indonesia — Ending deforestation has been a political goal for decades, even centuries – an unmet ambition up…
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VIDEO: Why it’s time to protect biodiversity – nature’s safety net
BOGOR, Indonesia (5 October, 2012)_Biodiversity provides a safety net for humans and wildlife but climate change is having an increasingly…
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Chance encounter with reclusive golden cat renews calls for Ugandan park protection
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 September 2012)_A rare sighting of a mysterious African feline highlights the need to protect one of the…
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