Indonesia
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New tool shows decline in oil-palm related deforestation in Borneo
In a welcome “good news” story for the world’s carbon stocks and biodiversity, the felling of old-growth forest for oil…
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Collaborating for the Commons
As the environment changes around us, finding solutions to benefit the common good has never been more pressing. Enter multi-stakeholder…
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Can palm oil enter the circular economy?
Palm oil is the wonderstuff of fats. It makes our cookies crunchier, shampoo bubblier and lipstick smoother, all for a…
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Make food a priority in land reforms
Different kinds of land titles and other reforms in forest-dwelling communities in Indonesia, Uganda and Peru have generally improved people’s…
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Zoom in on Borneo ecology
The forests of Borneo are some of the most ecologically diverse in the world, home to thousands of unique species…
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Pineapples and peatlands
Sowing 10,000 pineapple plants is not everyone’s idea of a good time. But for Meri Andayani and her friends, the…
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Climate change fuelling war, nature shrinks, plus faith for forest restoration
In Forests News last week: Increasing ecosystem carbon is good for species On International Day of Biological Diversity, a new…
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Increasing ecosystem carbon is good for species, says new study
It is widely assumed that land uses that increase carbon in biomass and soil to mitigate climate change also benefit…
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World deforestation, biodiversity crisis, Cyclone Kenneth and a peckish 83 year old protestor
In Forests News last week: Earth Day: Can Sumatran elephants and people coexist? This multimedia story equipped with beautiful shots…
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The future of social forestry in Indonesia
In Kalibiru, a national park in the Menoreh mountains to the west of Yogyakarta, tourists scale precarious-looking ladders up timber…
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Paris Agreement disagreement; landscape restoration “overlooked,” misinterpreted, blocked
In Forests News last week: New online platform tackles agency duplication in the Congo Basin Developers aim to harmonize conservation…
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Well-meaning tenure reforms can’t quash land conflicts
When countries revise their land and forest tenure laws, whereby rights are granted to people who depend on forests for…
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Prosperity grows in arid Wonogiri
The tamanu tree [Calophyllum inophyllum] has been helping humans out since prehistoric times. Also known as ‘mastwood,’ it’s been used…
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Oil: Green deceit and a Trump defeat, and did climate change cause Cyclone Idai?
In Forests News last week: International Day of Forests: Two heads look to a future of restoration Director-General of CIFOR,…
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Palm oil’s complex land conflicts
In an ideal world, palm oil production would cause no deforestation, and have a transparent and fair supply chain. In…
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