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Getting Ethiopia REDD+ ready
Forest protection is not usually a huge money spinner. Logging, mining, clearing forests for grazing, or building a new city…
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Esther Mwangi, researcher on gender and forest property rights, dies at 53
Esther Mwangi, an environmentalist, public policy expert, scholar and mentor whose research explored gender and land-rights inequities in relation to…
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The race to save rosewood
Long hidden in the shadows of informal trade, an African tree species known locally as mukula is now under an…
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Rooting sustainability in the logging industry
Located on the bumpy road connecting run-down Bangoka International Airport to the city of Kisangani in Democratic Republic of Congo…
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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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So long, and thanks for all the fish!
In the name of feeding the world, vast swathes of our planet’s forests have been sacrificed to increase the amount…
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Sustainable wood energy must include development and promotion of alternatives
“I’ve been doing this job for more than 20 years,” said Milade Lomoyo, a charcoal seller at the Litoyi market.…
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Congo Basin: Unraveling the past to predict the future
Congolese researchers Chadrack Kafuti and Nestor Luambua know what it takes to get into the least-known tropical forest in the…
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The Congo Basin: palm oil’s next frontier
Palm oil’s legacy in Southeast Asia is visible from space. The region accounts for 87 percent of global production. Borneo,…
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Borderline
Part VII of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD (Voices from the forest-farm interface) Esther…
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