forests
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Landscape sustainability in Indonesia depends on good governance, study finds
Indonesia’s positive experience with decentralized land management in recent decades highlights the importance of supportive governance in reconciling the competing…
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Adapting to a changing climate with forests and agroforestry
The ability of forests and trees to mitigate and adapt to climate change is affected by various policies, often under…
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The enormous challenge and opportunity of land restoration
Of all the negative things that humans have inflicted on the planet, the deliberate removal of forest cover ranks among…
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Scientists urge greater role for forests in policies on food security and nutrition
A new policy brief demonstrates the role forests and trees play in sustaining food production and food security and nutrition…
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A reflection on World Wildlife Day: How forests sustain people and planet
This year, World Wildlife Day highlights the profound link between human wellbeing and nature, a connection emblematic of a way…
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Building a shared future in Zambia’s Kalomo landscapes
Bridging differences among actors in Zambia’s Kalomo district
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New guide aims to accelerate forest tenure pathways to gender equality
Forest tenure reform in the global south has often failed to be gender-responsive, but there is increasing interest in taking…
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Global mega-trends impact forest communities, scientists find
Forests and the livelihoods they provide through ecosystem services are increasingly impacted by infrastructure development and other global trends that…
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As the pandemic pushes millions toward poverty, forests and trees can safeguard livelihoods
Daniel C. Miller is associate professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. With…
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U.N. expert urges transformative change to bend curve on biodiversity loss
The rate of deforestation has dropped by a third over the past 10 years compared to the previous decade, according…
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Creative community-based policies in Bhutan reveal benefits of planted forests
An innovative community-based forest management policy has resolved a long-simmering land-use conflict between migratory yak herders and sedentary residents in…
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More availability of regional data can help protect Africa’s forests
East and Southern Africa are home to a wide variety of forests – from tropical and sub-tropical forests, to savannah,…
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Nature-based solutions fuel new Resilient Landscapes initiative
A new initiative seeks to bring public-private collaborators together, to overturn funding hurdles and develop new strategies to address challenges…
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Reforest to stop drought-flood syndrome, says World Food Prize laureate Rattan Lal
From Afghanistan to Cambodia, all throughout the lower Himalayas, extreme weather conditions are becoming the norm. A century ago, the…
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Contributions of forest and water sectors overlooked in policy processes
Despite their extensive potential — from confronting climate change to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — the forest and…
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