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A price tag on the environment? That will be $125 trillion a year
BOGOR, Indonesia — Although not a particularly romantic idea, putting a price tag on the natural world is something conservation…
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Why is it so incredibly hard to stop deforestation?
Who really holds power over land use decisions? Why are efforts to keep forests standing, such as REDD+ and other…
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Monty Python and tropical forests. Really?
In your best John Cleese voice: “All right… all right… but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and…
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Watch: Looking for common language at Landscapes Forum
Investment bankers and fund managers met with agriculture and forestry researchers, representatives from advocacy groups and government agencies at the…
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How and why should equity be addressed within the REDD+ framework?
“Why should countries care about equity in REDD+? Donors are primarily concerned with the effectiveness of the instrument for reducing…
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Investors want to fund sustainable landscapes – now the work begins
LONDON, England—There was standing room only at several of the sessions of the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case event…
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The REDD+ Framework: Finally complete after almost 10 years
The annual mid-year climate talks in Bonn commenced with a fast-start as countries were eager to commence REDD+ negotiations as…
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Investment in sustainable landscapes: Time to take the risk
BOGOR, Indonesia: If a tree falls in the rain forest, do investors care if it really fell ….or was it…
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Rights, returns and restoration: 3Rs for landscapes
As we look to the Sustainable Development Goals and the new climate deal as mechanisms to secure our future on…
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Countdown to Paris: 10 climate concerns related to forests and land use
As we approach the second half of 2015 – and the Bonn climate change conference – with high expectations for…
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Abundant promise, abundant risk: Formalization of natural resource trade
BOGOR, Indonesia: The move toward formalization of trade in natural resources in developing countries—from timber and rattan to chicle and…
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In the forest, women’s voices not heard: report
LIMA, Peru: REDD+ – with its emphasis on the sustainable management of forests, is so often pitched to communities and…
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Piecing together the green investment puzzle
LONDON, England: The pieces of the sustainable landscape investment puzzle have very jagged edges, and moves are under way to…
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Smart reforestation must go beyond carbon: expert
BOGOR, Indonesia – Keeping carbon stored in trees. That’s one major way of tackling climate change. Natural regeneration, replanting, native…
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Taking botanical trade and conservation seriously
Botanical management and conservation efforts frequently lag behind efforts focused on the more charismatic fauna. Yet, in many places, wild…
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