Like herding scientists: one man and many many trees
A recent study by 143 international scientists revealed statistics that were surprising – mainly because they had never been collated…
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In Mexico, it’s the politics…
In Spanish the word for politics and policy is the same – ‘política’ – reminding us that policy is always…
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Grubs in tubs: Cameroon’s larvae love just got so much better
Palm weevil grubs are, to many eyes, the sort of creature you would stamp on if you saw it wriggling…
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REDD+ in Brazil: Coordination needed. Now
Farming and ranching remain the main drivers of deforestation in Brazil, a new study from the Center for International Forestry…
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The Atlantic Ocean holds the key to western Amazon rainfall
In 2010, catastrophic fires ravaged huge tracts of the western Amazon, a region of rainforest that until just a few…
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Little creature, HUGE footprint
Three years ago when J. Boone Kauffman, an ecologist from Oregon State University and an associate of the Center for…
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Counting trees: 143 scientists just did
Forget about finding the needle in the haystack. An even more complicated task might be counting all the hay on…
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Indonesia’s best hope for slowing climate change
Indonesia’s mangroves are a massive storehouse of carbon and a key bargaining chip for the country in the upcoming climate…
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Mangroves: A global treasure under threat
Indonesia contains the largest area of mangrove forest in the worldAbout 3 million hectares of mangrove forest grow along Indonesia’s…
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A little-known big producer: Will forest policy reform in Peru support farm-forestry?
Collectively, 20 farming households in a Peruvian Amazon village can easily produce 760 cubic meters of sawn lumber per year…
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A price tag on the environment? That will be $125 trillion a year
BOGOR, Indonesia — Although not a particularly romantic idea, putting a price tag on the natural world is something conservation…
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