livelihoods
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New training manual gives researchers tools to tackle tenure
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 March, 2013)_Tenure rights to forests are notoriously complex – a new guide by the Center for International…
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What do people think? Finding optimism in tree plantations
While timber harvested from natural tropical forests is expected to reach “peak production” in the coming decades, the area occupied…
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What do people think? Finding optimism in tree plantations
Püschel-Hoeneisen N and Simonetti JA. 2012. Forested habitat preferences by Chilean citizens: Implications for biodiversity conservation in Pinus radiata plantations.…
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Gender analysis in forestry research: What policymakers should know
What is gender? Gender refers to the economic, political and cultural attributes associated with being a man or a woman.…
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With microfinancing, Vietnam’s rural people emerge as champions of reforestation
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 February, 2013)_Rural people are playing a key role in reforesting Vietnam, using small, low-interest loans for household…
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Latin America’s forests – what lies ahead in 2013?
LIMA, Peru (22 February, 2013)_In the past year, Latin America’s forests saw progress and setbacks that will shape ecosystem health…
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Big beetles, big benefits: Trading some of the largest insects on Earth
BOGOR, Indonesia (19 February, 2013)_Protection of beetle habitats in Cameroon and regulation over their collection and trade could help lift…
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Understanding the role of forest income in rural livelihoods: Insights from China
With almost a quarter of the world’s population relying on forest resources for their livelihoods, understanding how forests can improve…
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Understanding the role of forest income in rural livelihoods and poverty alleviation: New insights from China
Hogarth, N.J., Belcher, B., Campbell, B. and Stacey, N. (2012). The role of forest-related income in household economies and rural…
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Eco-villages instead of eviction: a new approach to the ‘people in parks’ problem in Indonesia?
BOGOR, Indonesia (30 January, 2013)_It’s a unique solution to a problem that is plaguing national parks all over Indonesia: instead…
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Potential of bamboo to alleviate poverty in rural China remains untapped: Expert
BOGOR, Indonesia (25 January, 2013)_Easy to grow, even on steep, marginal land unsuitable for other crops, bamboo has the potential…
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How to address new biofuel challenges when impacts on environment and society are ‘mixed’
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 December, 2012)_At the beginning of the 21st century, there was tremendous optimism about the potential of biofuels…
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Globalisation, logging concessions, conservation organisations and local people
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 December, 2012)_A commonly held view in the developed part of the world is that conservation organisations are…
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Landscapes for sustainable development
The evolution of Forest Day into a proposed Landscape Day at future UNFCCC COPs, involving agriculture and rural development stakeholders,…
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