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A perfect storm: Study of peat fire mitigation sheds light on complex global challenge
An increasing awareness of the repercussions of large-scale fires has amplified concerns globally about climate change amid dire warnings from…
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Indonesia puts people and environment first in peatland restoration efforts
Renewed efforts must be made to rewet and revegetate peatlands throughout the Indonesian archipelago, according to participants at a recent…
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Q+A: How an “engagement landscape” in DRC’s Yangambi can make a difference
In 2005, there were only six forestry specialists with a postgraduate degree in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Fast-forward…
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Protected: Nurturing the next generation of soil scientists
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“Engagement landscape” concept takes shape in DRC’s Yangambi
Healing the heavily forested landscapes of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the aftermath of devastating wars that ended…
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So long tumultuous teens: High hopes for forests in the 2020s
Throughout the last decade (2010-2019), tropical deforestation escalated at an alarming rate despite a raft of international commitments, including the…
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Smallholder farmers in Cameroon benefit from landscape restoration efforts
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH’s Forest and Environment Programme (ProPFE) piloted several community-based reforestation projects across Cameroon’s Far…
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How do you protect what’s ‘everywhere but nowhere?’
Yesterday Ethiopia began its ambitious 4 billion tree planting program. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, said the mega campaign will…
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Beyond tree planting
When most people think of forest restoration, they think of planting trees. But at the scales needed to meet ambitious…
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WEST AFRICA SPECIAL: In Burkina Faso, small solutions and big returns
PABRE, Burkina Faso—A simple fence that protects against grazing livestock and bush fires is all it’s taken to transform three…
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Smart reforestation must go beyond carbon: expert
BOGOR, Indonesia – Keeping carbon stored in trees. That’s one major way of tackling climate change. Natural regeneration, replanting, native…
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The big spill: Intensive farming alters soils in forest remnants, study finds
BOGOR, Indonesia—Failure to consider the effects of agriculture spillover into areas adjacent to intensely farmed zones will likely have severe…
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