Fears about community rights under REDD+ are justified despite tenure reforms
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 November, 2011)_The fears of forest-based communities about their rights under REDD+ schemes are justified, concluded a comparative…
5 min readDespite progress, forest tenure reforms in Latin America still have a long way to go
LIMA, Peru (18 November, 2011)_Although indigenous groups and smallholders in Latin America can now benefit from increased access to forests…
3 min readReviving gum and resin production key to livelihoods and conservation in Ethiopia’s dry forests
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (17 November, 2011)_A revival in the production of gums and resins such as frankincense and myrrh could…
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No premium price for legal timber, only market access to EU, say officials
BEIJING, China (14 November 2011)__Wood products that are certified to have been made from legally sourced timber to meet new…
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Children are forgotten entrepreneurs of the forest, says new CIFOR research
BURKINA FASO (4 November, 2011)_Scientists in Burkina Faso have discovered that children in West Africa are boosting household incomes by…
3 min readOrangutan survival rests on conservation education: an interview with Dr. Biruté Galdikas
BOGOR, Indonesia (26 October, 2011)_With orangutan numbers in Indonesia having plunged 80 percent in 40 years, the only way to…
10 min readBrazilian women push for greater role in managing forest reserves
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 October, 2011)_While women in many of Brazil’s extractive reserves do not play a large role in decision-making…
3 min readCompeting actors and land uses in Latin America challenges “effective and equitable REDD+ design”
LIMA, Peru (18 October, 2011)_The rapid growth of agribusiness, cattle ranching, small-scale agriculture, logging and resource-based economies in Latin America…
3 min readThe Matching Game: More on Protected Area Effectiveness
BOGOR, Indonesia (18 October, 2011)_A metastudy by Porter-Bolland et al., shows how most peer-reviewed case studies have found community-managed forests…
3 min readGiving a voice to the invisible women in forest product value chains
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 October, 2011)_Finding the hidden links in non-timber forest product value chains could help government and non-government agencies…
5 min readHow closing the gender gap will lead to better forest management
BOGOR, Indonesia (13 October, 2011)_Understanding the different roles and responsibilities of women, and increasing their opportunities to participate in forest…
4 min readFewer Farms = More Forest = Less Biodiversity?
BOGOR, Indonesia (30 September, 2011)_If clearing tropical forests for agriculture is a major cause of the ongoing catastrophic decline in…
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