Q+A: Male-female lifestyles should factor into Congo climate programs
In the Congo Basin, men and women carry out quite similar livelihood activities — farming, hunting and collecting various forest…
5 min readAmazon timber-food balance saves forest smallholder livelihoods from risk
LIMA, Peru (7 May, 2013) – Tropical fruits, leaves, oils and seeds from the Amazon rainforest provide food, medicine and…
6 min readIndonesia’s REDD+ pilot province: how is it faring two years on?
When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono selected Central Kalimantan as the pilot province for his country’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation…
5 min readThe Economist says we can simply adapt to climate change. We think they are mistaken.
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 April, 2013) – A recent article in The Economist magazine asserted that the air temperature of the…
7 min readNorway’s government pension fund divests from palm oil producers
BOGOR, Indonesia (12 April, 2013) – Norway’s government pension fund – one of the world’s largest – has withdrawn US$…
5 min readNepal: Eager to join global efforts to fight deforestation, but not getting to the root
BOGOR, Indonesia (5 April, 2013)_Though it has shown enthusiastic support for global efforts to slow forest loss and degradation (REDD+),…
4 min readCould the Sustainable Development Goals include Landscapes?
Last week, the UN High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda met in Bali, Indonesia. The political commitment from last year’s…
6 min readExperts: Corruption could threaten global efforts to slow forest loss
BRASILIA, Brazil (1 April, 2013) _ U.N.-backed efforts to slow forest loss could be derailed by corruption, experts warned as…
6 min readStudy: Why planting more trees is always a good idea
BOGOR, Indonesia (26 March, 2013)_A new review of strategies to prepare for the impacts of climate change shows that expanding…
4 min readPostcards from the Field: Mud, mud, glorious mangroves
Laughing and spraying each other with a hose, Yasuke Okimoto (Oki) and Sigit Deni Sasmito clean up after a long…
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Could sustainable logging save Indonesia’s mangroves?
It sounds counter-intuitive.Indonesia’s vast mangrove forests, CIFOR has recently discovered, are a valuable carbon sink. They shelter unique species, protect…
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