Unilever CEO: Deforestation is the most urgent climate challenge
LIMA, Peru—Paul Polman, Unilever’s CEO, said natural disasters – many linked to climate change – cost his multinational consumer-goods corporation…
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Nepstad: Solution against climate change will “come from the land”
LIMA, Peru–The “big winning solutions” against climate change, at least in the near term, “are going to come from the…
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Nicaragua study offers hard lessons for inclusion of women in forest decision-making
BOGOR, Indonesia—For climate change mitigation initiatives such as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+), which aim to work…
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At COP20: REDD+ emerging—or REDD+ emergency?
LIMA, Peru—The concept of reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation—REDD+—is stagnating, although innovations at the sub-national level give…
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In face of climate change, gender imbalance stretches from fields to forums—expert
BOGOR, Indonesia—With the international spotlight on the UNFCCC COP20, many stakeholders are preoccupied with the role of safeguards in reducing…
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Strong commitments, then silence from key player in REDD+ policy arena
BOGOR, Indonesia—On the REDD+ stage, one actor speaks prominently under the lights—but remains largely invisible backstage when the decisions are…
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REDD+ on the ground: Unintended consequences in ‘a microcosm of the Amazon’
BOGOR, Indonesia—When Brazilian researcher Maria Fernanda Gebara thinks of her first visit to the Amazon municipality São Félix do Xingu…
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Researchers study future of Kenya’s ‘last big mountain forest’
One forest, myriad functions.The pressure on Kenya’s Mau Forest and the land-use changes occurring in and around it are among…
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Tenure, finance issues leave REDD+ “falling short of the mark,” researcher says
BOGOR, Indonesia—Financing and land tenure have snagged a global mechanism aimed at curbing carbon emissions through avoided tropical deforestation, according…
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Survey highlights REDD+ controversies over community monitoring
LIMA, Peru—Responses to a survey about community forest monitoring and benefit sharing highlight some of the controversies and philosophical sticking…
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In ‘Landscape Game,’ greed is good—but being ‘green’ is better
Say you have a plot of forested land in Amazonia to invest in.Do you log it for quick cash, or…
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REDD+ on the ground: For one initiative in Indonesia, politics in the peatlands
BOGOR, Indonesia—It’s a cautionary tale.The experience of a highly politicized carbon emissions reduction initiative in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province is…
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