Indonesia
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Planting the seeds for REDD+ payments in Indonesia
In the wake of global climate talks in Germany, Indonesia continues to see a strong role for forests in tackling…
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New map helps track palm-oil supply chains in Borneo
In 2013, a number of major palm-oil buyers, traders and producers promised to stop clearing natural forests. The global multi-billion-dollar…
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Forests vital for global food security
Worldwide, global hunger is on the rise, with 815 million people going hungry every day, according to a recent UN…
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Global food solutions from the Asia-Pacific
Creating a more sustainable global food system demands innovation in food technologies, and collaboration at the highest levels of government.…
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COP23 Special: From Balikpapan to global climate action
Join discussions on the topics mentioned here with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and partners at COP23 on…
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Lampung, Indonesia’s model province for social forestry
Granting communities the right to manage state forests through social forestry programs in Lampung, Indonesia, could have positive outcomes for…
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Communities want collaboration, customary law
For centuries, communities in Maluku, in eastern Indonesia, tapped wealth from their forests without any kind of restrictions beyond adat,…
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Sharing the benefits of REDD+ in Indonesia
After its introduction in Indonesia more than five years ago, REDD+, originally conceived as a carbon emissions reduction scheme has…
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Indonesia not ready to bury REDD+
Two years have passed since Indonesia’s REDD+ Agency and the National Council on Climate Change merged into the Ministry of…
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Financing farmers: Can funds for oil palm help save our forests?
Palm oil: people love it, hate it or maybe just use it without even knowing. The controversial vegetable oil is…
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Governing mangroves: From Tanzania to Indonesia
Mangroves constitute only 0.5 percent of forest area worldwide, but millions of people depend on them for food, income and…
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Peat fires and toxic haze: The power of perception
With something as evident as fire, it would be easy to assume that what you see is what you get.…
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Fire and haze: Better business practices
The damaging practice of clearing land by burning has spread across Indonesia since at least the 1990s, employed by large…
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Fire and haze: Community action
Residents of Pekanbaru in Riau, Indonesia, have not forgotten the devastating fires and haze that darkened their skies for months…
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Getting a good price on good wood
The advantages of timber certification are not out of reach for small-scale growers — but success depends to a large…
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