China
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Young leaders from China and Europe test a shared vision for mountain bioeconomies
Young professionals and academics from China and Europe explored how mountain bioeconomies can connect biodiversity conservation with rural livelihoods, examining…
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In China, de-collectivization of forest property rights yields mixed results
There is no one-size-fits-all for effective forest tenure in China, finds a recent case study of two Chinese villages in…
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Q+A: Community forests in China’s Sichuan province play a role in panda conservation
In the misty mountains of Pingwu County in China’s province of Sichuan, community forests could offer promising solutions to the…
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How one think tank is helping step up green finance initiatives in China
The global environmental challenges the world faces require multilateral solutions that involve public and private stakeholders. Increasingly, there is a…
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New portal tracks policies and trends impacting forests in Central Africa
Central Africa is home to the Congo Basin, the largest tropical forest on the African continent, a major carbon sink.…
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Terrain through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic: Blueprint for a healthy planet
Scientists have demonstrated that such diseases as the new SARS-COV2 coronavirus COVID-19 and Ebola can emerge due to ecosystem imbalances…
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The mukula wood value chain: Preserving livelihoods and landscapes
By Paolo Cerutti, originally published in Trade for Development News The illegal trade in rosewood is a lucrative business affecting…
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COVID-19 pandemic: How nature steps in to refill ‘empty forests’ when animals disappear
“We must not let a forest full of trees fool us into believing that all is well.” Kent Redford’s cautionary…
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COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers
Conservationists have greeted China’s recent clampdown on wild animal hunting and consumption with enthusiasm. The government made the move based…
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Recipe for slowing species loss and cutting extinction risk in half
Limiting climate change to 2 degrees Celsius and conserving 30 percent of terrestrial area could halve the risk of plant,…
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EU lands palm oil blow, student climate strikes, air pollution worse than smoking
In Forests News last week: Palm oil’s complex land conflicts Oil palm plantations are encroaching into state owned forest areas…
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Baffled scientists, boreal forest wipeout and Norway ditches dirty palm oil
In Forests News last week: Climate smart biofuel production makes financial sense to Indonesia A boost in biofuel use will…
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In China, paying farmers to restore forest landscapes
Massive flooding in 1998 along China’s Yangtze River killed thousands, left millions more homeless and caused billions of dollars worth…
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How China, Nepal and Ethiopia are restoring forest landscapes
Forest landscape restoration has gained a high political profile internationally, but still faces the challenge of how best to involve…
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‘Grain for green’: How China is swapping farmland for forest
Since 1999, China has restored forest landscapes across more than 28 million hectares of farmland and land classified as barren…
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