land use change
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Land use change has a big impact on the carbon stored in mangroves
Mangrove forests are important to the livelihoods of millions of people living along coastlines, providing fish resources, protecting communities from…
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Why the drone buzz is getting louder
In 2012, peer-reviewed journal Tropical Conservation Science ran an article announcing the ‘dawn of drone ecology,’ hailing the aerial technology…
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Oil palm landscapes: Playing for keeps
This article is the first in a four-part series on a global study on Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes. A group…
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Borneo’s carbon sink
The decimation of Borneo’s forests over the past half century is well known. Every tree lost releases carbon into the…
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COP23 Special: Sharing the benefits of REDD+ in Burkina Faso
As Burkina Faso’s dry forest landscapes come under the dual pressures of climate change and land-use change, REDD+ has been…
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COP23 Special: In Burkina Faso, finding new paths through a changing landscape
When the rains come in Burkina Faso, a familiar change sets in. Well-worn paths through the dry savannah plains and…
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In Nepal, what migration means on the home front
A six-hour drive from Pokhara as the nearest city, the village of Nalma sits perched atop verdant hills of terraced…
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Left behind: The women and elderly of Nalma
The United Nations International Day of Rural Women, marked on 15 October, recognizes the invaluable role of rural women in…
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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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Fighting fire and haze in Indonesia
In Indonesia, few have forgotten the devastating peatland fires and suffocating haze that afflicted the greater region for several months…
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Changing landscapes: From forests to food
The growing demand for food — demand that is expected to double by 2050 — has led to widespread agricultural…
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Q & A: Lessons from Ethiopia for forest landscape restoration
This interview is Part III of a three-part series on forest landscape restoration to coincide with the IUCN World Conservation…
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Q&A: Lessons from Latin America for forest landscape restoration
This interview is Part II of a three-part series on forest landscape restoration to coincide with the IUCN World Conservation…
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Q&A: Lessons from China for forest landscape restoration
This interview is Part 1 of a three-part series on forest landscape restoration to coincide with the IUCN World Conservation…
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The forest detectives: Searching for proof about forests and disease
Editor’s note: Robert Nasi and John Fa will be speaking on the role of bushmeat in food security and nutrition…
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