REDD+
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Can you trust the numbers?
Millions of dollars are being invested in efforts to reduce the contribution of tropical deforestation to climate change. To find…
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Climate change fuelling war, nature shrinks, plus faith for forest restoration
In Forests News last week: Increasing ecosystem carbon is good for species On International Day of Biological Diversity, a new…
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Life on earth threatened as we know it, indigenous women lead ‘rights fight’ and baby orangutan rescue mission
In Forests News last week: What the world can learn from West Africa’s unheard In the forested parklands of Ghana…
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24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows
From sustainable landscape restoration that mitigates climate change, to tenure security and innovative financing tools, to climate-smart lifestyle changes, the…
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The future of social forestry in Indonesia
In Kalibiru, a national park in the Menoreh mountains to the west of Yogyakarta, tourists scale precarious-looking ladders up timber…
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CIFOR DG calls for ‘people-centric’ approach in landscape restoration
Tenure security for the indigenous and traditional communities that are often the stewards of forests and natural landscapes is vital…
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International Women’s Day: Indigenous women off the charts
All maps tell a story – a story about our relationship to the land. In 2015, researchers from the Center…
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Global climate action is nothing without local backing
Global climate negotiations take place on the international stage, bolstered by countries’ national policies. But preventing greenhouse gas emissions from…
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‘Evaluation must be done’
Scientists attending the U.N. Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP24 climate talks in Katowice, Poland, discussed potential solutions to…
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Gender equality vital part of forest-based climate action, says CIFOR scientist at COP24
KATOWICE, Poland — Failing to address gender equality in forest- and tree-based climate initiatives can have negative implications for gender…
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Recognition of indigenous territories as a REDD+ strategy: An example from the Peruvian Amazon
A recent Rights and Resources report provides strong evidence on the importance of recognizing and protecting indigenous rights towards mitigating…
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Governing forests for sustainability: What works?
BOGOR, Indonesia (Forests News) — What can 19 reviews assessing 1,200 research articles spanning over 3 billion hectares of land…
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Benefit-sharing mechanisms: Barking up the wrong tree?
As the quest to protect and restore forests advances and evolves, the age-old question of “who gets what?” seems as…
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Where REDD+ money goes – and doesn’t go
REDD+ financing’s annual average of USD 323 million might sound like a lot on its own, but compare this to…
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A brief explainer of how REDD+ finance works
In one of largest ongoing efforts to tackle climate change, projects happening the world under the framework of REDD+ –…
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