agriculture
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Kalomo District diary: Resolving competing claims through integrated landscape approaches
Freddie Siangulube and Malaika Yanou are researchers and Ph.D. candidates with the Collaborating to Operationalize Landscape Approaches for Nature, Development…
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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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The Economist Intelligence Unit: ICRAF’s Tony Simons on agricultural transformation
Several key reports released in 2018 and 2019—including the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by the Intergovernmental…
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Ghetto chimps, 4 billion trees for Ethiopia, while Amazon deforestation accelerates…fast!
In Forests News last week: Can forests and smallholders live in harmony in Africa? Agriculture expansion presents the biggest threat…
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Keeping the peace in a national park buffer zone
Part III of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD Arba Sondé, Tamsé, Department of…
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Life on earth threatened as we know it, indigenous women lead ‘rights fight’ and baby orangutan rescue mission
In Forests News last week: What the world can learn from West Africa’s unheard In the forested parklands of Ghana…
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Leopards on the loose, a planet inferno, and will fast food giants spark a Domino’s effect for climate change?
Your most popular post on Forests News last week: Agricultural intensification has fed the world, but are we healthier? …
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Agricultural intensification has fed the world, but are we healthier?
Grow more food on less land? Agricultural intensification has intuitive appeal. The Earth has a growing human population to feed,…
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Small fortunes: How effective migration policies will benefit landscapes
In an effort to pay off debt, Sita Paryar’s husband borrowed money to move to Qatar for a job. However,…
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Gender equality vital part of forest-based climate action, says CIFOR scientist at COP24
KATOWICE, Poland — Failing to address gender equality in forest- and tree-based climate initiatives can have negative implications for gender…
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Replanting the oil palm to save forests
As the world’s largest producer and consumer of palm oil, Indonesia relies on this commodity in major economic and social…
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Decaying Belgian Congo–era maps reveal secrets of valuable African tree
In the dusty library of a research station on the Congo River, a decaying map holds secrets to saving an…
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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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At a once-premier reserve, sowing seeds of transformation
Deep in the world’s second largest tropical forest sits a maze of buildings that were once home to a premier,…
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Films spur dialogue on inclusive agriculture in Tanzania
Poorly governed, large-scale land acquisitions are a concern across sub-Saharan Africa. Tanzania’s answer to land-grabbing is a plan for sustainable,…
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