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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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Feed the world: New global report highlights forests’ role
BOGOR, Indonesia – Forests and trees must be considered essential in global food security and dietary diversity, according to a…
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What the heck is a carbon right?
It’s tough to wrap your head around the concept of owning something like carbon, or having “carbon rights.” Unlike resources…
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Landscapes Summit: Encouraging the dollar flow into the green
JAKARTA, Indonesia— A sustainable green business model with long-term profitability: how to marry these two concerns was the subject of…
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Financiers with commitment needed, Landscapes Summit told
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Establishing finance mechanisms by which the private sector can invest in sustainable development was a prominent theme on the…
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Scientists: Base payments for ecosystem services on scientific evidence
BOGOR, Indonesia—In an opinion article in Science magazine more than 45 scientists asked policymakers and environmental agencies to “get the…
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Satellites can mislead: policy makers beware!
The loss of old-growth tropical forest area through fire and agricultural expansion has for decades challenged many of the sustainability…
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Money buys happiness? New study says think again about those assumptions
Conventional wisdom has long held that for people who have the least, money matters much more than it does for…
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Forward Focus for Forum on Forests
When the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) meets next month in New York, the focus will be on the…
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Watchers of forests – what news from above?
When new data on global forests are published, it is always a grand opportunity to update analyses of global, regional…
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Less laws, more communication, collaboration and capacity needed: expert
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom—Weak government institutions often hamper international conventions and treaties related to protecting forest resources, a leading expert says.…
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On ‘landscape approach’, scientists search for meaning
BOGOR, Indonesia—It’s an increasingly prominent way of thinking about land use that has yet, somewhat usefully, defied easy definition. Now,…
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