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Figuring out the water cycle… still
There are a few different levels of understanding about the water cycle. There are the diagrams hung in elementary schools,…
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Where REDD+ money goes – and doesn’t go
REDD+ financing’s annual average of USD 323 million might sound like a lot on its own, but compare this to…
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To survive in climate change, look past targets and focus on the long game
Under the theme “Building the Investment Case for Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration,” the 2018 Global Landscapes Forum Investment Case Symposium…
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A brief explainer of how REDD+ finance works
In one of largest ongoing efforts to tackle climate change, projects happening the world under the framework of REDD+ –…
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Progress on the process of managing landscapes
It’s 2018, and the pressure to manage the world’s resources responsibly for people, biodiversity and the climate has perhaps never…
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Outcomes for forests at the Bonn Climate Change Conference
It has been nearly three years since countries entered into the Paris Agreement. During that time, as was made abundantly…
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Participatory monitoring key to restoration success
150 million hectares of degraded land – an area the size of Alaska. That’s what governments around the world have…
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5 questions on forests in climate change
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To fix landscapes, first get the right tools
By pledging to restore millions of hectares of deforested and degraded land, countries take a first step on a road…
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Agroforestry: Why don’t farmers plant more trees?
In communities around the world, agroforestry – which involves growing trees among or around food crops – has been a…
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The tropical family tree: Tracking forests’ evolutionary past
Scientists have traced the evolutionary history of the world’s tropical forests, with some surprising results – and new insights that…
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10 years on, tenure remains a challenge for REDD+
It’s now been 10 years since the United Nations launched REDD, an ambitious program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from…
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To protect the world’s forests, we must start with its cities
This article first appeared as an op-ed on 21 March on Thomson Reuters Foundation. For years we have celebrated forests,…
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What is blue carbon?
The term ‘blue carbon’ is gaining currency in global climate talks and national policy circles. But what does it really…
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Robert Nasi: What’s happening to our forests?
When it comes to caring for forests, it’s not only a matter of what forests can do for us, or…
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