Asia Pacific
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Zero deforestation pledges doomed without government support
Not cutting down trees for other land uses might sound simple enough, but it’s turning out to be rather complicated.…
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Political economy of fire and haze: Moving to long-term solutions
Fifty years ago, Indonesia was rich with pristine forest. And then – boom! Between 1980 and 2000 – a timber…
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Q&A on fires and haze in Southeast Asia
Editor’s Note: An updated fact file on the fires and haze was published on 30 October 2015. Read it here.…
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Indonesia’s best hope for slowing climate change
Indonesia’s mangroves are a massive storehouse of carbon and a key bargaining chip for the country in the upcoming climate…
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Mangroves: A global treasure under threat
Indonesia contains the largest area of mangrove forest in the world About 3 million hectares of mangrove forest grow along…
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‘Forgotten guardians’: Local communities in natural resource management
Late last year, there was publicity about the plight of the San (bushmen) of the Kalahari in Botswana – part…
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Shades of green: Balancing Indonesia’s conservation and development
It’s the familiar story of Indonesian environmental issues: the battle between economic development reliant on natural resource extraction and fears…
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Catching the ‘big fish’: How banks can stop environmental crime in Indonesia
It was the US$100 million in his bank account that gave him away. There was no legitimate reason why Labora…
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Watch and read: Making timber plantations attractive for smallholders
BOGOR, Indonesia — Encouraging Indonesian smallholders to view timber plantations as an attractive business opportunity could have far-reaching economic and…
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Carbon or biodiversity conservation – you can’t have the best of both worlds
When trying to protect carbon stocks and biodiversity, the expression “to kill two birds with one stone” seems hardly appropriate.…
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The Political Economy of Fire and Haze in Indonesia
BOGOR, Indonesia – Widespread fires across Indonesia have challenged policy makers and forest managers for over three decades. Burning remains…
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Where, when, why: Human-orangutan conflict in Borneo
BOGOR, Indonesia—A 90 kilogram full-grown male orangutan is sitting in your garden, eating mangoes stolen from your mango tree. You…
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REDD+ in Laos: Think big or fail
REDD+ is at a crossroads in Lao PDR, and needs to “think bigger” to survive. As the anti-deforestation project nears…
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Palmed off: Women lose in West Kalimantan oil palm boom
BOGOR, Indonesia—Ibu Lila climbs up and down the hills between the rows of oil palms, carrying 18 kilograms of fertilizer…
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