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Trouble ahead if forests and adaptation are not considered in the post Rio+20 era
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (16 January, 2013)_Forests have occupied a role in the first 20 years of the Rio era (1992-2012) through…
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A 4°C warmer world “will be catastrophic” for forest biodiversity: expert
BOGOR, Indonesia (8 January, 2013)_Global temperatures may be climbing at a rate too fast for our forests and its biodiversity…
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The world’s shrinking food basket: Why it is critical we increase crop diversity
JEJU, South Korea (21 September, 2012) _ In the 1970’s a fungal blight outbreak ravaged cornfields across the United States,…
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Big Brother is watching: Forest surveillance systems could reveal new terrestrial animals
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 February, 2012)_A global network of remote cameras placed in the tropical forests of seven countries has the…
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“Designer plants” help meet demand for palm oil and avoid deforestation
BALI, Indonesia (28 February, 2012)_Malaysian scientists now have the ability to trace for high oil-yielding genes in the palm oil…
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BEST OF 2012: Going once, going twice…the great green land grab
BOGOR, Indonesia (17 September 2012)_“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore!” Mark Twain’s wry observation on the North American land…
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Landscape-based certification scheme aims to lift poverty by engaging communities
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 December, 2011)_Conservation scientists are hoping to foster conservation outside protected areas and in production landscapes, such as…
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Scientists show technical concerns no longer an obstacle to progress on REDD+
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 December, 2012)_The challenges in implementing a scheme to reduce carbon emissions by avoiding deforestation and forest degradation…
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How to address new biofuel challenges when impacts on environment and society are ‘mixed’
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 December, 2012)_At the beginning of the 21st century, there was tremendous optimism about the potential of biofuels to…
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Landscapes for sustainable development
The evolution of Forest Day into a proposed Landscape Day at future UNFCCC COPs, involving agriculture and rural development stakeholders,…
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