livelihoods
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Land tenure for whom? Recognising community rights essential for REDD+ legitimacy
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (09 July 2012)_If a scheme to pay developing countries to reduce carbon emissions by slowing deforestation…
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Forests fare poorly in outcomes of Rio+20, say CIFOR scientists
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (26 June, 2012)_Forests have been largely ignored or ambiguously mentioned in the Rio+20 outcome document, yet…
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“Landscape approaches” can end the debate that pits agriculture against forests, say experts
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (21 June, 2012)_A new approach to managing land based on the social, economic and environmental services…
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Rio+20: New tool helps simulate bioenergy futures in developing countries
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 June, 2012)_Countries considering bioenergy investment as a way to improve rural incomes and meet other policy goals…
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Nepalese community forestry expert: ‘With green forests comes a green economy’
RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil (20 June 2012)_Community managed forests in Nepal are already achieving goals set out at this year’s…
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Cocoa producers in the Amazon want to compete globally, while protecting tropical forests
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (19 June 2012)__ Cocoa producers in the Brazilian Amazon are looking for ways to compete in…
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Brazil must go “beyond enforcement” to protect Amazon for Green economy
BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro (18 June 2012)_Strict law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon has seen deforestation rates plummet, yet the…
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REDD+ as an idea is a success but implementing it is fraught with challenges, global study says
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (18 June, 2012)_REDD+ as an idea is a success – but implementing it is fraught with…
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Rio+20: Exploring the livelihood and environmental impacts of biofuels in the tropics
BOGOR, Indonesia (6 June, 2012)_The economic and climate mitigation promises of biofuel expansion into tropical forests and woodlands are often…
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Bangladesh forests disappearing at “alarming rate”, says expert
BOGOR, Indonesia (4 June 2012)_Scientists are sounding the alarm bells in Bangladesh as forest loss reaches 90 percent, a figure…
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Rio+20 Dialogues: forest peoples’ rights, how can they be recognised and secured?
BOGOR, Indonesia (24 May, 2012)_Pervasive tenure insecurity is limiting the implementation of sustainable development policy in many countries, with struggles…
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New environment award recognises peace prize winner Wangari Maathai
BOGOR, Indonesia (22.05.2012)_A new environment award from the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) and commemorating renowned environmentalist, the late…
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Indonesia’s forest moratorium: halfway through, what has been achieved?
BOGOR, Indonesia (18.05.12)_Indonesia should continue to improve forest governance in the second year of its moratorium on new forestry concessions…
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Investing in managing forest landscapes improves incomes in Guinea
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 April 2012)_Visit any village around a set of project sites in the forests of Guinea’s Fouta Djallon…
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Logging companies may assist rural development: Study
CAMEROON, Sub-Saharan Africa (25 April, 2012)_Logging companies play a key role in developing forest regions in Central Africa, a CIFOR…
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