Peter Holmgren
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International Day of Forests 2016: The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
To mark the Day’s sixth anniversary, Peter Holmgren, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Tony…
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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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Landscapes for sustainability: Potential, yes. Finance, not so much.
With land use and livelihoods receiving unprecedented attention at the UNFCCC COP21 in Paris, proponents of an integrated approach to…
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10 views on the future of REDD+
It’s been a long and rocky road for the climate change mitigation scheme known as REDD+, or Reducing Emissions from…
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An oxymoron is born
I have just left the final session at the XIV World Forestry Congress, where participants discussed the challenges and opportunities…
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Watch: Looking for common language at Landscapes Forum
Investment bankers and fund managers met with agriculture and forestry researchers, representatives from advocacy groups and government agencies at the…
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Investors want to fund sustainable landscapes – now the work begins
LONDON, England—There was standing room only at several of the sessions of the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case event…
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Piecing together the green investment puzzle
LONDON, England: The pieces of the sustainable landscape investment puzzle have very jagged edges, and moves are under way to…
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Just one map to a better future: Landscapes Summit
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Less than a year after 250 companies signed a commitment to zero deforestation, it may be easy to think…
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Landscapes Summit: Encouraging the dollar flow into the green
JAKARTA, Indonesia— A sustainable green business model with long-term profitability: how to marry these two concerns was the subject of…
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Financiers with commitment needed, Landscapes Summit told
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Establishing finance mechanisms by which the private sector can invest in sustainable development was a prominent theme on the…
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Sustainable Development Goals and forestry: Lessons from Peru
LIMA, Peru—A decade ago, forests along the Ampiyacu River in northeastern Peru were being logged, hunted and fished unsustainably by…
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Forests ‘not only about the environment’: On SDGs, zero-deforestation pledges
BOGOR, Indonesia—Where do forests fit into the climate and development agendas? How—and when—will the promise of REDD+ be fulfilled? What…
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