When planting becomes a decision, not a gamble
Climate information is helping rice farmers in northern Côte d’Ivoire choose better planting windows.
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Who defines “high-integrity” carbon? In Peru, Indigenous groups are not waiting for an answer
What makes carbon credits truly “high integrity”? A new study explores how Peru’s Indigenous-led jurisdictional REDD+ coalition is reshaping the…
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Governance, not just carbon accounting, is key to jurisdictional REDD+ success
Evidence from Indonesia, Brazil and Peru shows that jurisdictional REDD+ is more likely to succeed when Indigenous Peoples and local…
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Viet Nam turning blue carbon pilot projects into national climate action
Viet Nam is drawing lessons from blue carbon initiatives in its coastal provinces to shape national policy, financing and standards…
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Drylands are feeding the world. Why are they still overlooked?
Drylands support one-third of humanity and supply almost half of the world’s food, yet they remain largely overlooked in climate…
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Invisible forests: Why scale matters for Borneo’s last lowland trees
The lowland rainforests of Borneo are some of the most biodiverse places on the planet. Surveys have found over 700…
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World’s forests in a race against time, warns UN global forest report
The world is losing its forests faster than it can save them, with severe consequences for the climate, biodiversity and…
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Indigenous knowledge can improve AI models to manage fires, study finds
Wildfires could be more effectively managed if artificial intelligence (AI) models incorporated Indigenous knowledge more fully for landscape use around the world, according to a recent study. The AI-based quantitative frameworks that are used to help predict and…
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Wait, what?! A wooden satellite in space?
Why would anyone send a satellite made of wood into space? This episode of Wait, what?! explores what that surprising…
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Centering rights in conservation: Lessons from the Andean-Amazon region
For decades, global conservation efforts focused on establishing Protected Natural Areas (PNAs) under strict protection models. In many cases, these…
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REDD+ can make poor households more vulnerable
Protecting tropical forests while supporting local communities is the core idea behind Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+),…
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Climate tipping points signal imminent dangers of ecosystem collapse, scientists say
Climate change is driving the world’s coral reefs to die off irreversibly, signalling the first in a series of dangerous…
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