Watchers of forests – what news from above?
When new data on global forests are published, it is always a grand opportunity to update analyses of global, regional…
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Less laws, more communication, collaboration and capacity needed: expert
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom—Weak government institutions often hamper international conventions and treaties related to protecting forest resources, a leading expert says.A…
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In Indonesia, local communities lose out as oil palm expands
BOGOR, Indonesia—Oil palm, billed as a way to improve local economic opportunity and reduce poverty in the tropics, may not…
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On ‘landscape approach’, scientists search for meaning
BOGOR, Indonesia—It’s an increasingly prominent way of thinking about land use that has yet, somewhat usefully, defied easy definition.Now, it’s…
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Climate mitigation overshadows adaptation in the Congo Basin
NAIROBI, Kenya—Spend any time reading about climate change, and you’ll notice that the words “mitigation” and “adaptation” are never far…
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How viable are payment schemes for ‘blue carbon’?
Much is made about the loss of such “charismatic” ecosystems as tropical rain forests and coral reefs. Far less is…
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In an important first for Africa, climate data ‘Made in Kenya’
NAIROBI, Kenya—The first research center of its kind in Africa is expected to generate more cost-effective and precise greenhouse gas…
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It’s a forest, not a ‘museum’: What sustainable development means in the tropics
BOGOR, Indonesia—A tropical forest: A habitat for wildlife, untouched by humans? Or trees ripe to be cleared for profit?Or is…
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Forests ‘not only about the environment’: On SDGs, zero-deforestation pledges
BOGOR, Indonesia—Where do forests fit into the climate and development agendas? How—and when—will the promise of REDD+ be fulfilled? What…
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Study: As forests, grasslands gave way to farms, soil carbon emissions soared
BOGOR, Indonesia — The conversion of pasture to agricultural land has released more carbon from the soil in several South…
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Lima call for climate action: Paving the way to revisit Central Africa’s adaptation agenda
One of the main outputs of the UNFCCC COP 20 in Lima was significant progress on recognizing the importance of…
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2015: A year for integration
Few people in development and environment circles could have missed that this year will see a confluence of global agreement-making.…
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