Africa
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How’s the water? Crowdsource to find out
Montane forests in East Africa play a crucial role as water towers, holding freshwater long enough for it to recharge…
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A Ponzi scheme with Nature?
A few months back, we shared our first impressions of new research on the Zambian trade of Pterocarpus tinctorius –…
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Oil palm landscapes: Playing the long game with palm oil
This article is the third in a four-part series on a global study on Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes. It might…
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REDD+ benefits: Men want cash, women want development
When it comes to REDD+ benefits, men and women differ in their preferences, with men preferring cash incentives while women…
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Hindering instead of helping in Uganda
For better or worse, politics play a big role in Uganda’s forest tenure reform efforts. The topic was explored during…
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In Uganda, change is afoot for rights to forests
Fifteen years ago Uganda launched reforms to its land tenure system. The country’s forests, once lush and expansive, had come…
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Women producing charcoal in Zambia
In an earlier piece on Forest News, 27-year-old Mabvuto Zulu shared her experiences producing charcoal in Zuwalinyenga village in eastern…
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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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Films spur dialogue on inclusive agriculture in Tanzania
Poorly governed, large-scale land acquisitions are a concern across sub-Saharan Africa. Tanzania’s answer to land-grabbing is a plan for sustainable,…
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COP23 Special: Sharing the benefits of REDD+ in Burkina Faso
As Burkina Faso’s dry forest landscapes come under the dual pressures of climate change and land-use change, REDD+ has been…
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COP23 Special: In Burkina Faso, finding new paths through a changing landscape
When the rains come in Burkina Faso, a familiar change sets in. Well-worn paths through the dry savannah plains and…
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Wild nourishment
Not even Jennifer’s children know where she hides her chikanda. The small, brownish orchid tubers are highly valued as a…
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Forests, farming and food
Amina*, a young mother of four, lives in a rural village in the Oromia region of Southern Ethiopia. At 2,000…
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Finding a way in for better landscape governance
Landscape approaches provide a framework to find solutions to social, environmental and economic challenges. In the past, sectoral approaches were…
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