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The allure of win-win: can money buy environmental services?
BOGOR, Indonesia (10 July 2012)_Payments for environmental services (PES) approaches have been embraced enthusiastically worldwide because of their perceived win-win…
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Land tenure for whom? Recognising community rights essential for REDD+ legitimacy
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (09 July 2012)_If a scheme to pay developing countries to reduce carbon emissions by slowing deforestation…
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REDD+ without regrets: CIFOR Director General on where to from here
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (05 July 2012)_Until greater certainty about the future of a global scheme to reduce carbon emissions…
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Is REDD+ moving too slow? Not necessarily…
BOGOR, Indonesia (04 July2102)_REDD+ implementation was supposed to be “big, quick and cheap”. So far, it is not one big…
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Linking the local to the global: REDD+ as a multi-level puzzle
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (29 June 12)_If a UN-backed scheme to slow the pace of climate change by safeguarding the…
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Norway may boost REDD+ funding to support green growth
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (28 June 2012)_Norway will invest more money to help developing countries conserve their forests through reduced…
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Forests fare poorly in outcomes of Rio+20, say CIFOR scientists
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (26 June, 2012)_Forests have been largely ignored or ambiguously mentioned in the Rio+20 outcome document, yet…
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REDD+ a “game changer” in the move towards a global green economy, says Norwegian Minister
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (26 June 2012)_Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation schemes, or REDD+, could be the “game changer”…
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Speaking out on sustainable development: Rio+20 in quotes
RIO DE JANEIRO (22 June, 2012)_Many have criticised the Rio+20 summit as a vague talkfest with a outcome document that…
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In gender issues, we need to walk the talk, say leaders and researchers in Rio+20
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (21 June 2012)_Enough talk about the rights women have to forest resources and a need for…
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New approach to setting reference emissions levels a crucial first step for REDD+
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (22 June2012)_ Scientists from the Center for International Forestry Research have developed an innovative new method…
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“A Message of Hope”: Esther Mwangi reflects on her mentor & advisor, Elinor Ostrom
Earlier last week, Nobel Economics Laureate Elinor Ostrom passed away. Here at CIFOR Forests News, we gained a more personal…
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“Landscape approaches” can end the debate that pits agriculture against forests, say experts
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (21 June, 2012)_A new approach to managing land based on the social, economic and environmental services…
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Rio+20: New tool helps simulate bioenergy futures in developing countries
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 June, 2012)_Countries considering bioenergy investment as a way to improve rural incomes and meet other policy goals…
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The “Aid-ification” of REDD+: How its changed and why it matters
A scheme for reducing global carbon emissions by slowing deforestation in tropical countries has changed drastically and become “aid-ified” since…
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