livelihoods
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Voices of women in palm oil
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, CIFOR and partners held a multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on ‘Governing oil palm…
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Finding good food in the forest
The recipe for dokoum, or croquettes made from the wild temple plant, calls for the fresh leaves of Crataeva religiosa,…
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Time to get it together on mitigation and adaptation
To combat climate change, one can avoid it via mitigation, or cope with it via adaptation. Even though these objectives…
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Getting the facts on gender and biodiversity
Catalina Santamaria is the Forests Programme Officer for the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). She spoke to…
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REDD+, conservation and rural livelihoods
The ambitious global strategy to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation known as REDD+ rocketed to the top of…
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GLF Special: Forgotten Forests of the Sahel
The Paris Agreement has shone a spotlight on the vital role that forests play in climate change – and for…
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A better way to sell Eucalypts
Eucalyptus timber and poles are in high demand in Uganda, yet Faiby Namukwaya, a 48-year-old mother of ten, can’t seem…
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A once forbidden tree
Trees have strong cultural meanings worldwide. Among the Baganda people of central Uganda, the Ficus natalensis tree signifies chiefdom. In…
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Gender relations in community forestry
Can field-based practitioners use Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) as an effective way to enhance women’s participation in natural resource management?…
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Rural women across the globe: Linking livelihoods and landscapes
We need to care about rural women. For one, they comprise a quarter of the world’s population. In developing countries,…
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Wild honey harvest
Every year, the traditional custodians of the Mount Mutis Nature Reserve in West Timor, Indonesia, travel back to their ancestral…
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Reversing deforestation, restoring landscapes
Regional leaders gathered this month in Brunei Darussalam to discuss ways to slow, halt and reverse deforestation in the Asia-Pacific.…
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YouTube hunting videos offer scientists invaluable insight
The shaky camera footage depicts torch-lit woodland and the fuzzy outline of a gun barrel as the shot is fired.…
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Unpacking migration and gender in Nepal’s community forests
The importance of migration to rural livelihoods in Nepal is not being recognized in forestry policy or by donors –…
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What do locals think of large-scale tree plantations?
Large-scale tree plantations are expanding worldwide, and so are the controversies they trigger. Tree plantations in the tropics are frequently…
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