conservation
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Globalisation, logging concessions, conservation organisations and local people
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 December, 2012)_A commonly held view in the developed part of the world is that conservation organisations are…
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Landscapes for sustainable development
The evolution of Forest Day into a proposed Landscape Day at future UNFCCC COPs, involving agriculture and rural development stakeholders,…
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Qatar’s mangroves: why they matter to climate change
DOHA, Qatar (8 December, 2012)_Indonesian scientist Daniel Murdiyarso and Lebanese scientist Mohamad Khawlie are spending the morning hopping over muddy…
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Efforts to protect roadless areas pick up steam: good news for forests
DOHA, Qatar (7 December, 2012)_An international movement to protect the last remaining areas on earth that are ‘free from roads’…
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Q+A in Doha: Meeting food needs while protecting forests
DOHA, Qatar (2 December, 2012)_As the world struggles to feed a growing population without expanding into forests and scrubland, poliycmakers…
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Under Threat: Deforestation pressure on Congo Basin forests increasing
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (14 November, 2012)_Rainforests in the Congo Basin are being cleared at an alarming rate amid global demand for…
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Sustainable forestry à la Sweden
Could the “Swedish model” of sustainable forest management be part of the solution for forestry in other parts of…
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Bringing the genebank back to the field: researcher argues for on-farm conservation
HYDERABAD, India (29 October, 2012)_Field gene banks — monotonous orchards packed with tropical trees spanning as far as the eye…
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Sharing land with tigers in Nepal
BOGOR, Indonesia (25 October, 2012)_There is intense ongoing debate in the scientific literature about whether ‘land sharing’ or ‘land sparing’…
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Sharing land with tigers in Nepal
Carter, N.H., Shrestha, B.K., Karki, J.B., Pradhan, N. and Liu, J. 2012. Coexistence between wildlife and humans at fine spatial…
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Scaling up sustainability: time for forestry to come out of the forest
BOGOR, Indonesia — Ending deforestation has been a political goal for decades, even centuries – an unmet ambition up…
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Can REDD+ protect the trees that nourish nut harvesters in Peru’s Amazon rainforest?
PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru (1 October, 2012) _ Families in Peru have for decades carved out a living harvesting the nutrient…
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Chance encounter with reclusive golden cat renews calls for Ugandan park protection
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 September 2012)_A rare sighting of a mysterious African feline highlights the need to protect one of the…
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Follow the rain: tree biodiversity greatest in areas of high rainfall
BOGOR, Indonesia (26 September, 2012)_Policymakers seeking to conserve forests in southern India should focus on those that receive the highest…
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Can ecotourism offer funding solutions for Vietnam’s national parks?
JEJU, South Korea (24 September, 2012)_Maintaining fragile ecosystems while addressing the development needs of a growing population are often seen…
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