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Working with wood: The women of Jepara
The story goes that in the 16th Century an artisan from Champa appeared and taught Jepara’s residents a new style…
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Planting the seeds for REDD+ payments in Indonesia
In the wake of global climate talks in Germany, Indonesia continues to see a strong role for forests in tackling…
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Forests vital for global food security
Worldwide, global hunger is on the rise, with 815 million people going hungry every day, according to a recent UN…
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Global food solutions from the Asia-Pacific
Creating a more sustainable global food system demands innovation in food technologies, and collaboration at the highest levels of government.…
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Lampung, Indonesia’s model province for social forestry
Granting communities the right to manage state forests through social forestry programs in Lampung, Indonesia, could have positive outcomes for…
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Communities want collaboration, customary law
For centuries, communities in Maluku, in eastern Indonesia, tapped wealth from their forests without any kind of restrictions beyond adat,…
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Sharing the benefits of REDD+ in Indonesia
After its introduction in Indonesia more than five years ago, REDD+, originally conceived as a carbon emissions reduction scheme has…
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Indonesia not ready to bury REDD+
Two years have passed since Indonesia’s REDD+ Agency and the National Council on Climate Change merged into the Ministry of…
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Financing farmers: Can funds for oil palm help save our forests?
Palm oil: people love it, hate it or maybe just use it without even knowing. The controversial vegetable oil is…
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In Nepal, what migration means on the home front
A six-hour drive from Pokhara as the nearest city, the village of Nalma sits perched atop verdant hills of terraced…
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