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Adjust the sail of Rights to brave the climate storm, urge GLF delegates
Bonn(22 June 2019) –Forests are home to 1.6 billion people and provide ecosystem services such as fresh water and clean…
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‘Evaluation must be done’
Scientists attending the U.N. Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP24 climate talks in Katowice, Poland, discussed potential solutions to…
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Peatlands: Re-wet to protect climate
Germany – In recent years the role of peatlands in landscape restoration has come under renewed scrutiny as scientists seek…
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Gender equality vital part of forest-based climate action, says CIFOR scientist at COP24
KATOWICE, Poland — Failing to address gender equality in forest- and tree-based climate initiatives can have negative implications for gender…
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Wild meat for today and tomorrow
Worldwide, the meat of wild animals is sought after for a range of reasons. In remote rural communities, it is…
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Raw materials use tipped to nearly double by 2060, OECD report says
(Forests News) — Rising living standards and population growth will push the use of raw materials to unprecedented levels in…
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Securing rights of indigenous peoples and local communities may curb global warming
Implementing a coordinated global response to curb demand for energy and eliminate further deforestation would reduce the need to deploy…
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Governing forests for sustainability: What works?
BOGOR, Indonesia (Forests News) — What can 19 reviews assessing 1,200 research articles spanning over 3 billion hectares of land…
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Blinding consumers to the true cost of soy?
BOGOR, Indonesia (Forests News) — Tofu, edamame, soy sauce – if this is what you think of when you hear…
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Global bio-economic transformation: What does it mean for forests?
BOGOR, Indonesia (Forests News) — Crops, forests, fish, animals and micro-organisms — in the bio-economy, these are the basic building…
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The future of wetlands: We’ve been warned
At the Rio conference 25 years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists – which included 1,700 leading researchers, a number…
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Can a jurisdictional approach boost sustainability?
Conserving and restoring tropical forests could represent over a quarter of the near-term solution to addressing climate change. And because…
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The 36-billion-dollar question
It’s estimated that around USD 36 billion is needed annually to meet the Bonn Challenge target of restoring 350 million…
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Why the drone buzz is getting louder
In 2012, peer-reviewed journal Tropical Conservation Science ran an article announcing the ‘dawn of drone ecology,’ hailing the aerial technology…
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Indigenous lands crucial for conservation
The world’s remaining ‘wild places’ are often envisaged to be packed full of biodiversity, and bereft of one troublesome species:…
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