adaptation
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Combining climate-change adaptation and mitigation: a win-win option
Although rural landscapes can be managed to optimize both climate-change mitigation and adaptation, many climate-oriented development projects fail to take…
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COP19 in Warsaw: Eight decisions to watch on forests
At a glance: Finance and markets: No decision expected Adaptation: No decision expected Verification of emissions: Decision expected Technical assessment of FRELs/FRLs: Decision expected…
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Forging a path for policymakers amid Mesoamerica climate uncertainty
TURRIALBA, Costa Rica (24 October 2013) — An increasingly warmer, drier climate in Central America and Mexico in the next…
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Scientist Terry Sunderland describes the ‘landscape approach’
In the following interview, Terry Sunderland, a principal scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) defines “landscape approach”–…
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Traditional knowledge fuels climate change adaptation in Ghana – study
BOGOR, Indonesia (26 September, 2013) – Strategies used by indigenous rural people to help predict disasters and mitigate the effects…
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Tackling climate change may lessen Central African Republic conflict risks – scientists
BOGOR, Indonesia (22 August, 2013) – Strengthening the capacity of the Central African Republic to adapt to climate change could…
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Scientists seek out forest traditions in climate change fight
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (22 July, 2013) — How is a raised garden of cassava plants deep in the Brazilian…
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Information flow is vital for ecosystem-based adaptation – expert
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (8 July 2013) – Identifying organizations that can bridge gaps in knowledge is an important step…
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Q&A: ‘Traditional forest knowledge is not folklore, but a resource for change’
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (12 June 2013)_Researchers and policymakers have a lot to learn in designing and implementing climate change…
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The invisible extinction of forest genetic resources: Can trees survive?
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (29 May 2013)_Trees are the oldest and largest beings in the world, living for hundreds, even thousands, of…
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Could radio help mitigate climate change in the Congo Basin?
Climate change is hitting the Congo Basin region hard and while communities there and in other parts of Africa struggle…
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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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Infographic: Charting the history of agriculture and climate change
DOHA, Qatar (28 November 2102)_A new infographic that maps the progress of the agricultural sector in addressing climate change throughout…
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Forest communities in Cameroon cannot adapt to climate change alone
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (14 November, 2012)_Rural communities in Cameroon rely heavily on forests for everything from their nutritional and medicinal needs…
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Up the river & paddling hard: Climate adaptation & mitigation in the Congo
LUKOLELA, Democratic Republic of Congo (14 November, 2012)_Every year around March 3, the villagers of Lukolela were prepared. They did…
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