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Does funding to integrate conservation and development go where it is most needed?
Over the past few decades, initiatives that aim to integrate conservation goals and development targets at a landscape scale have…
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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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Access to education key to boosting number of women in science, scientist says
For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the United Nations is highlighting data that show fewer than…
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Global bio-economic transformation: What does it mean for forests?
BOGOR, Indonesia (Forests News) — Crops, forests, fish, animals and micro-organisms — in the bio-economy, these are the basic building…
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Repositioning forests in rural economic development
Every time we pick out a new end table or order a burger, there could be an impact on forests.…
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A brief explainer of the blue economy
Carbon-rich coastal ecosystems are rocketing to the forefront of global actions on climate change, and uncomfortable terms like “plastic oceans”…
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Alue Dohong: Restoring peatlands, empowering communities
The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) was established with a mission to accelerate the restoration of peatland hydrology and vegetation degraded…
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The challenges of conserving tropical forests
Too often, the debate about forests in policy circles is reduced to two options: deforestation or total protection, according to…
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Watch and read: Making timber plantations attractive for smallholders
BOGOR, Indonesia — Encouraging Indonesian smallholders to view timber plantations as an attractive business opportunity could have far-reaching economic and…
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Invest with confidence: Are planted forests in Latin America a good deal?
Subsidized by Mother Nature, society has consumed, for various reasons and over centuries, vast amounts of timber extracted from primary…
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Investors want to fund sustainable landscapes – now the work begins
LONDON, England—There was standing room only at several of the sessions of the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case event…
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Landscapes Summit: Encouraging the dollar flow into the green
JAKARTA, Indonesia— A sustainable green business model with long-term profitability: how to marry these two concerns was the subject of…
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Financiers with commitment needed, Landscapes Summit told
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Establishing finance mechanisms by which the private sector can invest in sustainable development was a prominent theme on the…
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How does land tenure affect agricultural productivity? A systematic review
A lot of us who may come from the West assume that land rights certification, registration or titling are important…
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REDD+ to the rescue of Central Africa’s forests? Not yet, study says
NAIROBI, Kenya—Enforcing sustainable logging and assigning a monetary value to the carbon stored in forest concessions managed under the REDD+…
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