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Land degradation could cost us the Earth
Land degradation, when land becomes less healthy and productive due to human activities, natural conditions or a combination of the two,…
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Regulating global trade without harming agroforestry farms?
Globally traded commodities that can be grown in forest-like agricultural systems —known as agroforestry— have long been part of the…
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Indonesia’s leadership in peatland management in focus at COP 25
At U.N. climate talks in Madrid, Indonesia, which has committed to restore 2.4 million hectares of drained peatlands, presented various…
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How climate finance and technology could better integrate women
Amid frustrated negotiations around Article 6 guidance on emissions counting and carbon markets, U.N. COP25 climate talks delivered a decision…
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Peatland potential untapped in Nationally Determined Contributions, COP 25 delegates say
Fewer than a dozen countries have so far included peatlands in their Nationally Determined Contributions, although the carbon-rich ecosystems exist…
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Is simplicity always best?
“We humans want to see everything as simple, little and ‘square’,” says Chris Martius, principal climate scientist of the Center…
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25% of world’s surface can be better protected with rights
The math is simple: about 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions are connected with land use, and the traditional territories…
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Adjust the sail of Rights to brave the climate storm, urge GLF delegates
Bonn(22 June 2019) –Forests are home to 1.6 billion people and provide ecosystem services such as fresh water and clean…
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Peatlands: Re-wet to protect climate
Germany – In recent years the role of peatlands in landscape restoration has come under renewed scrutiny as scientists seek…
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How to take forest landscape restoration to the next level
Governments around the world have pledged over 150 million hectares of forested land for restoration, but only five million have…
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