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The long road to ‘zero deforestation’ … whatever that means
A year ago today, the New York Declaration on Forests set a daring goal: a world without deforestation. But it…
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A little logging may go a long way
In one corner is the Brazil nut, the most economically important non-timber forest product in the Amazon Basin. It supports…
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Gender: It’s about men, too
Drawing on evidence from literature and their experiences implementing and studying value chains, 30 people sitting together at the XIV…
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Promise and perils: Recognizing indigenous forest territories
Indigenous peoples around the world are gaining ground – but gaining rights to tropical forests creates new challenges. Supporters of…
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Protect against poverty … with a dry forest
Understanding dry forests is essential to help the poorest residents adapt to climate change. And keeping those forests intact can…
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Global dry forests: Time to take notice
Almost four years ago, CIFOR organized a side event on the tropical dry forests of Africa at the United Nations…
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Wild food from dry forests: A recipe for health?
Despite a decline in numbers in the last few decades, nearly 800 million people around the world still don’t have…
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Grubs in tubs: Cameroon’s larvae love just got so much better
Palm weevil grubs are, to many eyes, the sort of creature you would stamp on if you saw it wriggling…
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Wild food means good food: CIFOR study
In Tanzania, women supplement their families’ diets by collecting foods that grow wild near their homes. They gather edible species…
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Where, when, why: Human-orangutan conflict in Borneo
BOGOR, Indonesia—A 90 kilogram full-grown male orangutan is sitting in your garden, eating mangoes stolen from your mango tree. You…
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Monty Python and tropical forests. Really?
In your best John Cleese voice: “All right… all right… but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and…
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Feed the world: New global report highlights forests’ role
BOGOR, Indonesia – Forests and trees must be considered essential in global food security and dietary diversity, according to a…
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