deforestation
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FOREST HEROINE: Catharine Watson takes action for Uganda’s forests
Editor’s Note: International Women’s Day is Saturday, 8 March, and in honor of women’s many contributions to forestry, Forests News…
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Mangrove conference to focus on improving coastal livelihoods
The full impact of current plans to convert 2.24 million hectares (ha) of Indonesian mangrove forests to aquaculture shrimp ponds…
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Deforestation low in Congo Basin, but likely to increase
Deforestation in Central Africa’s Congo Basin is lower than the average rate across Africa — but that is not likely…
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Finding a balance among charcoal, timber and livelihoods in Zambia
Demand for charcoal is all but ubiquitous in Zambia – 70 percent of households in the country use the inexpensive…
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Zambia report urges local controls over charcoal, timber trades
Centralized management of forest resources — including charcoal and timber — has not delivered beneficial results for Zambia, instead exacerbating…
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In Brazil, governance key to resisting Mato Grosso deforestation — study
A state in Brazil central to the country’s cash-crop farm sector experienced a dramatic decline in deforestation between 2005 and…
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Despite enthusiasm for REDD+, deforestation in Peru continues
The economic and political conditions in Peru favor an increase in deforestation, despite the country having set a target of…
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FORESTS NEWS ARCHIVE: Martyr of the Amazon: The legacy of Chico Mendes
Editor’s Note On 22 December 1988 — 25 years ago Sunday — Chico Mendes was murdered. During his life, Mendes…
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Use Hansen high-res forest cover maps wisely, experts say
At a glance: New paper by Hansen et al., can visualize changes in forest cover at 30m resolution Can help…
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Forest cover can guide effective REDD+ development policies – experts
The extent and rate of change to a country’s forest cover provides a useful guide for designing context-specific and effective…
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Defining “forest” could improve REDD+ monitoring in Indonesia
If policymakers fail to consider carefully how they define forests, they risk compromising the potential success of the U.N.-backed REDD+…
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Between the Amazon and the Atlantic: Brazil’s threatened savannas
The Amazon rainforest has long been a focus for environmentalists, scientists and policy makers, but they are now starting to…
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Seeing the forest and the trees: Brazil’s transparency in deforestation data
Brazil’s deforestation tracking system – followed up with enforcement measures on the ground – is often cited as a key…
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Martyr of the Amazon: The legacy of Chico Mendes
It’s impossible to talk about forests in Acre, Brazil, without mentioning the state’s home-grown hero: rubber-tapper, union-leader and Amazon-defender Chico…
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SPECIAL REPORT: How a remote Amazonian state is leading the way in climate change policy
In Brazil’s wild west, a state government is trying to prove that it is possible to safeguard the Amazon –…
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