Philippines ahead of the game in social forestry
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (22 June, 2011)_Ensuring community participation in the sustainable management of forests is one of the main…
3 min readFor richer or for poorer: “Hidden” environmental income critical for rural poverty alleviation
LONDON, United Kingdom (21 June, 2011)_Over a quarter of the income of the rural poor depends on forests and other…
5 min readTaking care of man’s closest relatives
MELBOURNE, Australia (19 June, 2011)_50 years ago, there were at least one million chimpanzees living in the equatorial forest belt…
3 min readReviving the forestry sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo
BOGOR, Indonesia (3 June, 2011)_The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is at once rich in natural resources and one of…
2 min readScience supports profitable beekeeping in Cameroon
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 May, 2011)_Until recently, beekeepers in Cameroon have had little access to market opportunities. Now, as a result…
2 min readOnce upon a time in a bureaucracy
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 May, 2011)_Once upon time there was a mountainous tropical island covered by forests rich in biological diversity.…
5 min read‘PLUP fiction’ improves land use planning in Lao PDR
BOGOR, Indonesia (11 May, 2011)_A CIFOR-led project is yielding innovative tools that help rural people improve their livelihoods and protect…
2 min readCan’t see the wood for the trees? Look again at the Congo Basin
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (10 May, 2011)_The idiom denoting that too much attention is paid to detail, losing the big picture, can…
6 min readA new mangrove management strategy?
BALI, Indonesia (28 April, 2011)_Local communities on Nusa Penida and Lembongan in Bali are fighting back to save their wetlands…
3 min readCould orangutan conservation be helped by the heavens?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibEiG6-vDasKALIMANTAN, Indonesia (21 April, 2011)_Like many indigenous peoples around the world, some of the Dayak tribes of Indonesia still believe…
3 min readSticky business: How Cameroon’s beekeepers’ are tasting sweet success
NGAOUNDAL, Cameroon (12 April, 2011)_Until recently, beekeepers in Cameroon have had little access to market opportunities. Now as a result…
4 min readDemand for chocolate drives deforestation in West Africa
IBADAN, Nigeria (7 April 2011)_Rampant deforestation and degradation of West Africa’s tropical forest area is occurring due to the expansion…
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