Protected areas: biodiversity troves and carbon sinks under one canopy?
BOGOR, Indonesia—When biologists see a forest, they may think of the number of species it could support.When climatologists see a…
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Best of 2014: In Central Africa, policymakers’ knowledge of climate change found wanting
BOGOR, Indonesia—In one of Forests News’ most unsettling stories of 2014, a study showed that policymakers working on forests and climate change…
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Best of 2014: ‘There will be no birds or monkeys because the forest will be gone’
BOGOR, Indonesia—When it comes to tropical forest landscapes, children are often seen but not heard.A research paper published in August provided…
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Best of 2014: A controversial column, a strong response
BOGOR, Indonesia—It was the shot heard ’round the forestry world.In September, on the eve of Climate Week NYC, The New…
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Best of 2014: For REDD+, sky-high expectations meet on-the-ground realities
BOGOR, Indonesia— The idea of paying people in developing tropical countries to protect their forests, generating carbon credits, and selling…
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With climate effects looming, land-use planners reach for their toolbox
LIMA, Peru—It’s coming soon. And it’s time to act now.Imminent climatic changes challenge planners and policy makers to forecast likely…
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Deal or no deal, experts upbeat on progress of REDD+ safeguards
LIMA, Peru—Despite no movement on the issue of REDD+ safeguards in discussions in Lima this month, experts on a panel…
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Beyond dialogue: building trust to save the people’s forests and support development
LIMA, Peru— If there is one thing that everyone involved in forest governance can agree on, it is the need…
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In national REDD+ policy networks, a bit of conflict is not a bad thing
BOGOR, Indonesia—A balance between cooperation and conflict is one recipe for success in REDD+ moving forward, according to a global…
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Small farmers in Peru build climate resilience with innovation, ‘living lab’
LIMA, Peru—As a warming climate shrinks the land area suitable for growing potatoes, Quechua farmers high in the Peruvian Andes…
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Who’s actually implementing landscape approaches? Study seeks to find out
LIMA, Peru—Although land managers and policy makers increasingly talk about the use of landscapes for conserving biodiversity, and for reducing…
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Landscape approach could pave way to achieving SDGs: experts
LIMA, Peru—The design of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) should use the principles of landscape approaches, said experts…
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