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Biodiversity science–policy panel calls for broadening value-of-nature concepts in sustainable development
The Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) approved the Summary for Policy Makers of the Assessment Report…
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One commodity, seven countries – and multiple impacts for legal timber
In the wake of the UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow in late 2021, a series of legal instruments aimed…
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Huge potential for sustainability with natural rubber, experts say
Natural rubber is one of the four main global commodities produced from trees. Predominantly harvested by smallholders, the industry sustains…
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Addressing five global challenges that will shape our future
As the international community lifts its head above the chaos wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic and sets its sights on…
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Finale features lessons learned in social forestry–climate change partnership
In Jakarta last week, delegates celebrated more than a decade of partnership at a knowledge-sharing event where lessons learned and…
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Q+A: Natural climate solutions could reverse emissions in 30 tropical countries, scientists say
Although natural climate solutions offer one of the best climate mitigation opportunities, they are as yet under-represented in national climate…
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Management of intact forestlands by Indigenous Peoples key to protecting climate
Indigenous Peoples have had a track record of managing landscapes sustainably for millennia. However, incursions into their territories, often by…
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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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