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In Indonesia, local communities lose out as oil palm expands
BOGOR, Indonesia—Oil palm, billed as a way to improve local economic opportunity and reduce poverty in the tropics, may not…
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Sumatran road plan could spell a dark new chapter for storied ecosystem: study
BOGOR, Indonesia—In at least one way, it’s a place right out of a storybook. A patch of Indonesian forest is the…
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‘Boom’ and gloom: Forest-based wildlife feel brunt of Asia’s appetite for meat, medicine
BOGOR, Indonesia—It’s one of the dark sides of the Asian economic boom. Growing demand for wild meat and traditional medicine…
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To protect wetlands, reach for your toolbox
BOGOR, Indonesia—Policy makers and practitioners just got another tool to protect tropical wetlands from destruction and degradation. Or to be…
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Tropical wetlands: A disappearing act
Indonesia loses an estimated 52,000 hectares of mangrove forest per year. Get the latest news and research on tropical mangroves…
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Tropical wetlands: A wild kingdom
Many threatened flagship species for conservation (including orangutans, rhinoceroses and Sumatran tigers) find refuge in Indonesia’s peat forests. Further agricultural expansion and…
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Tropical wetlands: Soaking it up
In Indonesia, the rates of land-cover change occurring in tropical wetlands are among the highest of any forest type. An…
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High-tech eyes on the forest seek to help curb climate change
BOGOR, Indonesia—Remote sensing. Unmanned aerial vehicles. Spectrometry readers. When teamed with traditional forestry techniques, these high-tech approaches may revolutionize the…
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Voices of REDD+: In Vietnam, payments alone can’t turn tide of deforestation
LIMA, Peru—REDD+ payments alone may not be enough to overpower the economics of deforestation in some cases, the proponents of…
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For indigenous voices in land use, a seat at the table isn’t necessarily enough
BOGOR, Indonesia—Formalizing indigenous people’s participation in protected area management is not enough to ensure they can actually defend their interests…
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