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Gender relations in forestry: beyond a headcount
The land boundary dispute with the neighboring village had gone on for years. But Aditi*, the 60-something female president of…
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Re-examining Indonesia’s land and forest fires
As world leaders gather next week for COP22 Marrakesh to discuss priorities for action on the Paris Agreement, Indonesia marks a…
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Turning cropland into forest
First the land was baked dry, then the torrential rains came – sweeping away homes, crops, forests and human lives.…
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Growing new energy
Siti Maimunah deftly steps out of a shallow canoe, stamps though the undergrowth and enters a cleared field, surveying the…
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Obstacles to forest tenure reform deeply rooted in the past
Ask people what ‘community forestry’ is, and you are likely to get different answers in different countries, or even in…
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Wild honey harvest
Every year, the traditional custodians of the Mount Mutis Nature Reserve in West Timor, Indonesia, travel back to their ancestral…
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Tax amnesty, the green economy and peat restoration
The Indonesian government seeks to collect USD 13 billion from its tax amnesty program this year, says the country’s Finance…
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Video: Making sustainability work
Industry leaders showed their commitment to developing more sustainable business practices at the 2016 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, held from 3-5…
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View from the Pacific: ‘Climate change is real’
Pacific island leaders expressed their concerns about climate change in the region at the 2016 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, held from…
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Indonesia: Biofuels from palm oil and power from tree plantations?
These questions were raised at a recent national stakeholders workshop co-organized by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and…
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