Addressing the dangers of degraded land
Up to 1.3 billion people are now living on degraded land, at risk of food and water shortages and worsening…
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Fire and haze: Better business practices
The damaging practice of clearing land by burning has spread across Indonesia since at least the 1990s, employed by large…
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Fire and haze: Community action
Residents of Pekanbaru in Riau, Indonesia, have not forgotten the devastating fires and haze that darkened their skies for months…
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Fire and haze: Laws and regulations
Local laws and regulations banning the clearing and burning of peatlands have sprung up across Indonesia since President Joko Widodo…
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Fighting fire and haze in Indonesia
In Indonesia, few have forgotten the devastating peatland fires and suffocating haze that afflicted the greater region for several months…
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Making peat a priority
This week the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, IUFRO, is holding its 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg, Germany. IUFRO…
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Forests versus hurricanes
The 12-year absence of major hurricane landfalls in the continental USA ended earlier this year: Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma ……
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Evaluating REDD+ social safeguards with mobile phones, gas stoves and benefits
The UN REDD program was launched in 2008 to “reduce forest emissions and enhance carbon stocks in forests while contributing…
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In Indonesia, finding the right ways to fight fire and haze
On the eve of talks in Pekanbaru, Riau, on best practices to prevent fire and haze, Center for International Forestry…
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Why social safeguards matter for managing trade-offs under REDD+
Local people can benefit from climate change mitigation schemes to keep tropical forests standing and enhance forest cover — if…
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Measuring the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives
Forests play a central role in climate change mitigation, as recognized by the Paris Agreement. Over the last decade, hundreds…
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Green Climate Fund steps up to reduce deforestation and forest degradation
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently adopted two new decisions intended to reduce global emissions from deforestation and forest degradation,…
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