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Partnership shapes peatland conservation strategies in Peru
This blog originally appeared on the USAID Climatelinks knowledge portal. Peru ranks as the country with the fourth-highest volume of…
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Dispelling the top seven tree planting misconceptions
“Plant more trees!” has become a rallying cry for global leaders and climate activists around the world who see tree…
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Take climate action on Earth Day
As the planet confronts a climate emergency, the global community urgently needs to make better efforts to reconnect human prosperity…
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Collaborating for a shared future: Negotiating landscape change in Zambia
It is early afternoon in Choma, the capital of the Southern Province of Zambia. The air is hot and humid…
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Researchers urge multi-level action to tackle climate-to-local pressures on forests
Understanding how tropical forests and coral reefs respond to climate extremes — and how they interact with other stressors —…
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Q+A: Natural climate solutions could reverse emissions in 30 tropical countries, scientists say
Although natural climate solutions offer one of the best climate mitigation opportunities, they are as yet under-represented in national climate…
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Precipitation and its relation to vegetation
Forests, trees and vegetation not only depend on rainfall but also play a critical role in generating it where they…
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Putting forestry at the center
I am now moving on from CIFOR, and this is my final DG’s Column in Forests News. I have made…
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Forests versus hurricanes
The 12-year absence of major hurricane landfalls in the continental USA ended earlier this year: Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma ……
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Evaluating REDD+ social safeguards with mobile phones, gas stoves and benefits
The UN REDD program was launched in 2008 to “reduce forest emissions and enhance carbon stocks in forests while contributing…
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Green Climate Fund steps up to reduce deforestation and forest degradation
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently adopted two new decisions intended to reduce global emissions from deforestation and forest degradation,…
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The jumbo carbon footprint of shrimp
You’re having dinner with your date. You both order the ‘surf and turf’ special: a shrimp appetizer and a steak.…
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Increasing accountability in the Paris Agreement
Many countries have included agriculture, forestry and other land use targets in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to fight climate…
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Highlights from the Global Landscapes Forum: Climate Action for Sustainable Development
The sixth Global Landscapes Forum in Marrakesh, Morocco, brought together stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to work together on planning climate…
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COP22 Special: Research in action
Global climate negotiations concluded last week with renewed commitment to action on limiting global temperature rise and preparing for the…
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