COP22 Special: Why should we care about peat?
Peat is partially decayed, dead vegetation that has accumulated over thousands of years. Though peatlands are generally saturated with water…
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COP22 Special: REDD+ monitoring is a technical and political balancing act
Monitoring deforestation so countries can track their greenhouse gas emission targets might seem like a technical matter of satellite images…
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COP22 Special: The Medina, souks and the ‘COP of Action’
At the COP21 in Paris last year, 195 countries reached an historic agreement – the first ever universal, legally binding global…
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Re-examining Indonesia’s land and forest fires
As world leaders gather next week for COP22 Marrakesh to discuss priorities for action on the Paris Agreement, Indonesia marks a…
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Growing new energy
Siti Maimunah deftly steps out of a shallow canoe, stamps though the undergrowth and enters a cleared field, surveying the…
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Tax amnesty, the green economy and peat restoration
The Indonesian government seeks to collect USD 13 billion from its tax amnesty program this year, says the country’s Finance…
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A map of the world’s wetlands
Wetlands are important ecosystems for climate change mitigation and adaptation because they can store huge amounts of carbon, while providing…
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Delving into drivers of deforestation
Debates over forest loss in Borneo generally focus on the extent to which industrial plantations are to blame: those on…
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Using remote sensing to empower local communities in forestry management
The forests of Ethiopia are famous for producing the world’s best coffee. But something else is about to emerge from…
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View from the Pacific: ‘Climate change is real’
Pacific island leaders expressed their concerns about climate change in the region at the 2016 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, held from…
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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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REDD+ region
Asia-Pacific nations are some of the world’s most vulnerable to the effects of global climate change. Rising sea levels, extreme…
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