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Using a cross-sectoral landscapes approach to improve forest livelihoods
Helping farmers in the tropics face the challenges of climate change would profit from an interdisciplinary landscape approach that accounts…
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Are women “victims” of climate change?
At a glance: Women are thought to be poorer and more dependent on natural resources than men. A lack of…
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Biological corridors help plants adapt to climate change — study
As the range of some plant species shifts to higher elevations due to the climate change, biological corridors that connect…
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Q+A: Emissions hotspots maps provide grist for climate change strategies
Maps pinpointing greenhouse gas emissions hotspots can help improve land management in countries preparing climate change mitigation strategies, a scientist…
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When tenure reform for REDD+ needs a second wind
Initially promising efforts to strengthen land tenure in tropical forest countries may need a fresh injection of resources and political…
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Water Storage key to climate change adaptation
Communities across the globe can build resilience to climate change by re-inventing old water storage strategies and investing in new…
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Putting land-use models to work amid efforts to slow climate change
Models can be unreliable for predicting future outcomes of integrated land use, but can generate helpful scenarios and projections to…
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The challenge of certifying forest ecosystem services
As the challenges of certifying forest ecosystem services persist, delegates at the U.N. climate summit in Warsaw are anticipating new…
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Adaptation leader: Bruno Locatelli on the importance of climate adaptation finance for forests
This interview was originally published by Acclimatise Bruno Locatelli, environmental scientist at CIRAD and CIFOR, who speaks of the emerging understanding of the…
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Combining climate-change adaptation and mitigation: a win-win option
Although rural landscapes can be managed to optimize both climate-change mitigation and adaptation, many climate-oriented development projects fail to take advantage of the…
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