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Why multi-stakeholder forums need fair participation from all sectors
This is the sixth in a seven-part series highlighting the recent publication of a special issue of the International Forestry…
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How one Brazilian state is tackling deforestation within its borders
Deforestation in Brazil has been soaring the last few years, particularly in the Amazonian state of Pará. According to Brazil’s…
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LED flashlights increase food insecurity risk in wild-meat dependent communities
Flashlights featuring light-emitting diodes (LED) have made it easier for subsistence hunters in tropical forests to capture animals at night
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Considering context in participatory forest landscape initiatives
Why do some participatory processes help level the playing field in conservation and development projects while others reinforce unequal power…
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Natural forest regeneration: A good choice for biodiversity
Forests are full of surprises. Parts of the Amazon, Panama’s Darien and many other places we think of as home…
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Rupununi region in Guyana rides ecotourism wave
Tourism in Guyana’s southern Rupununi region has long been a small business aimed at foreign visitors. But growing demand for…
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Keeping wild meat on the table
When Denkel Ilipi was 10 years old, his grandfather took him to the forest and to the river, teaching him…
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Halt tropical forest loss…our survival depends on it
Never before has forests received so much public attention. Between forest fires of unprecedented proportions in the Arctic and the…
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Collaborating for the Commons
As the environment changes around us, finding solutions to benefit the common good has never been more pressing. Enter multi-stakeholder…
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World deforestation, biodiversity crisis, Cyclone Kenneth and a peckish 83 year old protestor
In Forests News last week: Earth Day: Can Sumatran elephants and people coexist? This multimedia story equipped with beautiful shots…
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