Asia Pacific
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Women at work
Nestled in Nepal’s southern subtropical Terai lowlands, Chitwan National Park looks worlds away from the country’s famous Himalayan north. Historically…
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Back to the future: Sketching out oil palm scenarios to 2035
We may not yet be able to time travel, but data modeling can help us to make more educated guesses…
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A look at unseen meadows
Blame it on the fact that we’re visual creatures, but while mangroves, salt marshes and other coastal ecosystems are growing…
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Turning finance blue
The U.S. was uncooperative at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992, and President George H.W. Bush lost a…
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Governing blue carbon – and all that it entails
The banks of the Ciliwung River are not grounds for Jakarta’s most desired real estate, as is the case for…
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Repositioning forests in rural economic development
Every time we pick out a new end table or order a burger, there could be an impact on forests.…
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A brief explainer of the blue economy
Carbon-rich coastal ecosystems are rocketing to the forefront of global actions on climate change, and uncomfortable terms like “plastic oceans”…
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Gaharu: A migration story
When the “gaharu rush” began, the migrants came in their hundreds. Suddenly, in the interior of North Kalimantan in Indonesian…
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In ecotourism, trotting the globe to help protect it
On the edge of Sumatra’s Leuser National Park, Tanganan village offers days spent hiking to see wild tigers, rhinos, elephants…
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From the soil to the law, climate change efforts in Indonesia
Despite growing pressures of development and urbanization, community members from Sendangsari village in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta province improved the local economy…
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In Indonesia, social forestry gets socialized
One challenge with social forestry is that its inner-workings aren’t always understood – often among communities involved in it most.…
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Taking stock of carbon in mangroves
As scientists are increasingly exploring the high carbon stocks contained in mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows – known as…
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For REDD+ payment, countries need framework, then investment
“When you talk about protection of forests, you have to remember that it not only benefits the country itself, it…
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What happened at the 2018 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit
Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region on earth, home to the world’s three largest cities. Yet it also contains 740…
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Why social forestry: Securing the sap
Dedy Aprianto packs his gear and begins walking from his home in Pahmungan village in Indonesia’s Lampung Province. A few…
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