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International Day of Forests 2016: Role of the private sector in forestry and sustainable landscapes
To mark the Day’s fourth anniversary, Peter Holmgren, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Tony…
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How deforestation is tangled up in the law
When it comes to deforestation – either stopping it or encouraging it – a country’s laws and policies can make…
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International Day of Forests 2016: What’s the state of the world’s forests?
To mark the Day’s fourth anniversary, Peter Holmgren, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Tony…
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The environment gets its day in court
The message was clear: Don’t think you can get away with it. In 2012 Indonesian palm oil company PT Kallista…
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To save forests, keep an eye on agriculture
The most promising interventions to reduce emissions in tropical forest-rich countries like Indonesia, Brazil and the Democratic Republic of the…
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Forestry in the new development era
CIFOR is pleased to release its new strategy, to guide us through to 2025. The document is the result of…
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Loud and clear: Paris Agreement signals need to protect ecosystems and human rights
The new climate deal may not be perfect, but embedded in it is guidance on how to undertake climate actions…
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Forest monitoring skills on the rise
Most countries have included forest and land use in their efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxides and other greenhouse…
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Rising tides: Will mangroves keep up as sea levels climb?
Although mangroves will be able to withstand moderate sea level rise, the highest projections for the end of this century…
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Farms vs. forests? A more nuanced look at agrarian change
Forests are being converted into agricultural land throughout the tropics, from Borneo to the Congo Basin. But this process –…
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“We” have a deal
Ursula Rakova is from the Carteret Islands, off the coast of Papua New Guinea. For Rakova and the community of…
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Paris Agreement: Not perfect, but the best we could get
COP21 in Paris delivered a part legally binding, part voluntary deal on climate change that has generated a mass of…
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Three areas to focus on to make REDD+ work
REDD+ might not have figured prominently on the agenda of the official climate negotiations in Paris, but experiences and visions…
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Global agreements, but local action
As global climate and development frameworks fall into place, experts at the 2015 Global Landscapes Forum amplified the call to…
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