conservation
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Counting down: Scientists warn of ‘alarming’ loss of Borneo orangutans
Once, there were hundreds of thousands of orangutans roaming the island of Borneo. Over the decades – as chainsaws and…
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How safe are our wildlife sanctuaries?
In celebration of World Wildlife Day on 3 March 2018, as the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on…
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Give local development a chance
Amazonian forests play a crucial role in the global fight against climate change and loss of biodiversity. They are also…
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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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Colombia develops guidelines for biodiversity offsets
When a company builds a mine, dam, highway or other infrastructure, how can it compensate for, or ‘offset’, the loss…
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Lampung, Indonesia’s model province for social forestry
Granting communities the right to manage state forests through social forestry programs in Lampung, Indonesia, could have positive outcomes for…
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Communities want collaboration, customary law
For centuries, communities in Maluku, in eastern Indonesia, tapped wealth from their forests without any kind of restrictions beyond adat,…
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Sharing the benefits of REDD+ in Indonesia
After its introduction in Indonesia more than five years ago, REDD+, originally conceived as a carbon emissions reduction scheme has…
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Indonesia not ready to bury REDD+
Two years have passed since Indonesia’s REDD+ Agency and the National Council on Climate Change merged into the Ministry of…
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Benefits do not always equal cash
When Amazonian communities in Peru conserve their forests, they recognize both economic and non-monetary benefits, researchers have found. But they…
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Governing mangroves: From Tanzania to Indonesia
Mangroves constitute only 0.5 percent of forest area worldwide, but millions of people depend on them for food, income and…
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A window on wild meat in Colombia
In Colombia, indigenous peoples have hunted wild meat, or bushmeat, for thousands of years. In many rural areas, bushmeat continues…
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Making peat a priority
This week the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, IUFRO, is holding its 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg, Germany. IUFRO…
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A promising (but uncertain) future for tenure rights devolution
Over the past two decades, communities across the developing world have secured stronger rights to manage their forests, carried by…
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Brazil nuts: Savior seeds of the Amazon basin?
Want to invest directly in the preservation of the Amazon? Buying Brazil nuts might well be your simplest strategy, says…
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