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Blueprint for climate action: Indonesia’s mangrove manual sets global standards
Indonesia, home to the largest mangrove forests in the world, is set to introduce a groundbreaking national blue carbon measurement…
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Educating Indonesian youth for peatland conservation
In schoolyards across West Kalimantan and South Sumatra, Indonesia, junior high students are heard discussing the cucumbers they planted, the…
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Lessons from a decade of jurisdictional approaches in Southeast Asia
Soon after the massive forest and peat fires that affected Indonesia in 2015, South Sumatra decided to pioneer a new…
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On-ground monitoring set to shore up mangrove resilience in Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
The Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) sits at the confluence of the Godavari River—the longest river in southern India—and the Bay…
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How soil laboratories are building climate resilience
The Knuckles Mountain Range in Sri Lanka has long been a cradle of biodiversity and a protector of the inhabitants…
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Tigers, crocodiles, rising tides: Fieldwork in the largest mangrove forest on Earth
Mangrove forests span around 147,000 square kilometres, or about one percent of global land area. And they’re more important than…
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Context is key to securing sustainable palm oil, say Indonesia’s regional reps
While the benefits and pitfalls of cultivating palm oil are often debated on the global stage, regional- and local-level insight…
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Indonesia: Jurisdictional approach helps drive sustainable palm oil
A jurisdictional approach (JA) has the potential to enhance Indonesia’s district and national action plans on palm oil plantation sustainability,…
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Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes finally on conservation agendas
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) guides actions worldwide to preserve and protect nature – and its essential services to…
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