International Day of Forests
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Cool forests: Nature’s air conditioning system
As we confront the sobering reality that 2024 marked the first year global temperatures exceeded the 1.5 °C threshold established…
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Innovation in forestry: Where it’s happening, why it matters
The theme of this year’s International Day of Forests: ‘Forests and Innovation: New solutions for a better world’, is perhaps…
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Oil palm agroforestry in Brazil dispels myths about monocultures
For many people, the mere mention of palm oil conjures up dystopian images of trees planted in military drill formation…
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Natural forest regeneration: A good choice for biodiversity
Forests are full of surprises. Parts of the Amazon, Panama’s Darien and many other places we think of as home…
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Five (or six) solutions for saving the world’s forests and restoring landscapes
We’ve heard a lot about ambitious tree planting initiatives in recent months. Laudable as these may be – and we…
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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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To protect the world’s forests, we must start with its cities
This article first appeared as an op-ed on 21 March on Thomson Reuters Foundation. For years we have celebrated forests,…
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Robert Nasi: What’s happening to our forests?
When it comes to caring for forests, it’s not only a matter of what forests can do for us, or…
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Forests and energy: What’s the connection?
What connects forests and energy? Forests News Editor Leona Liu put the question to Peter Holmgren, Director General of the…
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Think you know forests?
The United Nations International Day of Forests, marked on 21 March, is a global celebration of forests and all the…
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Splitting hairs over splitting wood
The past month has seen a fierce international and academic debate flare up again over the large-scale use of wood…
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International Day of Forests 2016: Role of the private sector in forestry and sustainable landscapes
To mark the Day’s fourth anniversary, Peter Holmgren, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Tony…
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International Day of Forests 2016: What’s the state of the world’s forests?
To mark the Day’s fourth anniversary, Peter Holmgren, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Tony…
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