Global
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Pangolins under pressure
Pangolins are peculiar creatures. Their tongue can be longer than their body, they look like a pinecone with legs, and…
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The long and winding road to sustainable palm oil
The polemic around the expansion of oil palm plantations in the tropics continues, and increasingly involves consumers concerned with sustainability.…
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Forests as food
It’s a bit ironic that while wild foraged ingredients are increasingly popping up on Michelin-starred menus around the world, the…
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Is REDD+ playing fair?
What if more forests could be saved – and carbon emissions thus lowered- if conservation projects strictly followed one basic…
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The cost of missed opportunities
It is clear that REDD+ has changed from what was first envisaged. First formulated in 2005 as part of the…
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Forests, people and data
Growing up in a village in Indonesia’s Central Java in the 1980s, Dian Ekowati went to the local Posyandu every…
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REDD+ results-based finance
As we approach the next meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), we can expect a significant…
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The jumbo carbon footprint of shrimp
You’re having dinner with your date. You both order the ‘surf and turf’ special: a shrimp appetizer and a steak.…
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New map reveals more tropical peat
Tropical countries are home to three times as much peat as previously thought, exposing new possibilities and challenges for tackling…
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Peatlands: The view from space
Dense, damp and often remote, tropical peatlands are notoriously difficult to map and monitor on the ground. So how about…
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Eyes on the livelihoods of peatland communities
It’s not just the types of trees that grow in the forests – and, in some cases, the orangutans or…
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Congo’s hidden carbon
Underneath the swamp forests and palm trees of the Congo Basin lies a hidden wealth: more than 145,000 square kilometers…
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Getting down to business in Bonn
The 46th sessions of the UN Climate Convention Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and…
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The power of peatlands
Peatlands cover only 3-5 per cent of the Earth’s surface, but they store over 30 percent of all soil carbon.…
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It’s too soon to bury REDD+
Is REDD+ dead? The ambitious plan for reducing carbon emissions in the tropics by preventing deforestation and forest degradation is…
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