High-tech eyes on the forest seek to help curb climate change
BOGOR, Indonesia—Remote sensing. Unmanned aerial vehicles. Spectrometry readers.When teamed with traditional forestry techniques, these high-tech approaches may revolutionize the way…
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Voices of REDD+: In Vietnam, payments alone can’t turn tide of deforestation
LIMA, Peru—REDD+ payments alone may not be enough to overpower the economics of deforestation in some cases, the proponents of…
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Peatland loss could emit 2,800 years’ worth of carbon in an evolutionary eyeblink: study
BOGOR, Indonesia—Scientists monitoring the amount of carbon accumulated in Indonesia’s peatland forests over thousands of years have predicted that millions…
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In ‘charcoal landscape,’ data on deforestation, emissions hidden in the ashes
BOGOR, Indonesia—In terms of its value to daily lives and livelihoods across Africa, charcoal is black gold.But as crucial as…
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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…
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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…
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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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