India
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Climate finance must work with community forest management
Evidence from Meghalaya and Odisha shows how climate finance conditions can disrupt established community forest management.
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Forest managers, not labourers: What community forests can teach climate finance
A study in Odisha and Meghalaya finds that communities with secure forest rights are already effective stewards of their forests.
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The online loophole: How a seed purchase undermines a ‘just bioeconomy’
In the humidity-controlled sterility of a Boston laboratory, a bubbling vat of engineered yeast is performing a biological alchemy. It…
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Experts map matrix of certification standards at World Forestry Congress
Establishing certification standards for forestry and agricultural commodities is no straightforward matter, particularly for smallholder farmers. Voluntary standards of the…
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Beyond the Green Revolution: Clearing a new path for Indian agriculture
“Indian agriculture is in crisis,” said Ravi Prabhu, the Center for International Forestry Research–World Agroforestry Center (CIFOR-ICRAF)’s director of innovation,…
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Finding the sweet spot: How to scale up and finance ecosystem-based adaptation
Protecting and restoring landscapes and building sustainable agroforestry systems is a powerful way to boost resilience to climate change and…
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Trees play a key role in building sustainable food systems, experts affirm
Agroforestry will play a significant role in ensuring the security and safety of the global food supply amid a fast-changing…
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Landscape restoration initiatives in India benefit rural communities, report says
Landscape restoration in India will improve the lives of women, unemployed youth, landless people and small and marginal landholders, according…
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Considering context in participatory forest landscape initiatives
Why do some participatory processes help level the playing field in conservation and development projects while others reinforce unequal power…
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EU lands palm oil blow, student climate strikes, air pollution worse than smoking
In Forests News last week: Palm oil’s complex land conflicts Oil palm plantations are encroaching into state owned forest areas…
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Baffled scientists, boreal forest wipeout and Norway ditches dirty palm oil
In Forests News last week: Climate smart biofuel production makes financial sense to Indonesia A boost in biofuel use will…
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Forest dwellers face mass evictions, as species extinction threatens global food supply
In Forests News last week: Tension and transformation in the patriarchy When managing the forests and rivers in Kenya’s Rift…
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What mountain forests do for human well-being
Mountain forest ecosystems provide a wide range of benefits, not only to local residents, but to those living downstream: from…
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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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Balancing Transparency and Non-State Actors in the Climate Negotiations
In the lead-up to the first formal UNFCCC Subsidiary Body meeting since the Paris Agreement (PA), there was palpable anticipation…
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