Postcards from the field: On the Congo River
Félicien Kengoum and I are in a small motor boat in the middle of the Congo River. We’re returning from…
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Beyond flight of fancy: The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
When the Secretary-General of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Darryl Webber, rose to conclude the organisation’s tenth meeting…
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The Congo Basin Forests: What policymakers should know
The pulse in the heart of Africa: The Congo Basin contains the second largest expanse of tropical forest in the world,…
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Up the river & paddling hard: Climate adaptation & mitigation in the Congo
LUKOLELA, Democratic Republic of Congo (14 November, 2012)_Every year around March 3, the villagers of Lukolela were prepared. They did…
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Under Threat: Deforestation pressure on Congo Basin forests increasing
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (14 November, 2012)_Rainforests in the Congo Basin are being cleared at an alarming rate amid global demand for…
4 min readAngela Cropper 1945-2012: CIFOR remembers a champion for forests and people
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 November, 2012)_Angela Cropper, one of the world’s leading environmental policy experts and a former chair of CIFOR’s…
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Field research on local issues means always keeping the bigger picture in mind
PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru (13 November, 2012)_Field researchers working in remote, hard-to-reach areas have greater challenges than just navigating treacherous back-country…
5 min readWith 3D maps, villagers able to see benefits of good land use planning
BOGOR, Indonesia (8 November, 2012)_Scientists with the Center for International Forestry Research have devised a new tool that could make…
4 min readIndonesia lauded for laying REDD groundwork: Next step, true forestry management reform
BOGOR, Indonesia (6 November, 2012)_Though Indonesia gets high marks for addressing governance challenges that affect the forestry sector, many of…
9 min readOutcome of U.S. election likely to impact climate negotiations in Doha, says negotiator
BOGOR, Indonesia (5 November, 2012)_Negotiators preparing to fly to Doha later this month for the next round of U.N. climate…
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In Nepal and Papua New Guinea, media does little to explain REDD+
BOGOR, Indonesia (31 October, 2012)_Mainstream media coverage of REDD+ in the forested nations of Nepal and Papua New Guinea is…
5 min readU.N. recognises new guidelines to better manage competing demands for land
HYDERABAD, India, (25 October 2012)_A new set of ‘best practice guidelines’ aiming to inform policy makers on how to balance…
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