Q&A: In the Amazon, important tree species remain ‘under the radar’
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of four articles about CIFOR’s research on smallholder bolaina logging in…
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The bolaina timber market chain
Editor’s Note: This is the third of a series of articles about CIFOR’s research on smallholder bolaina logging in the…
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New tactic eased conflict over Indonesian plantation use, research shows
Research to improve partnership among stakeholders of a pulpwood plantation on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra has strengthened the negotiating…
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Access to state-owned forests critical for rural smallholders, study finds
Editor’s Note: Land tenure in forested areas was a key theme of discussion at the Forests Asia Summit in Jakarta,…
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Forests and climate change in Latin America – Five issues to watch in 2014
At a glance: The UN’s international climate conference in Lima, Peru in December is expected to catalyze action on many…
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Postcards from the field: Nuts about Brazil nuts
Olivia Revilla is a forestry student at the Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios (UNAMAD) in Peru. She is…
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Lessons from the Amazon: Searching for a Sustainable Future for Forests and People
The Amazon rainforest hosts some of the richest biodiversity in the world; stores vast amounts of carbon; and regulates the…
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From the Amazon to the world: A story of Brazil nuts
Every wet season in the Western Amazon, Peru’s castañeros (brazil nut concession holders and harvesters) gather the huge brazil nut…
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The invisible workforce: gender myth-busting in Ecuador
An hour’s walk into the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador’s Orellana province, Maricela Tapuy and her sister-in-law are working alongside their…
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SPECIAL REPORT: How a remote Amazonian state is leading the way in climate change policy
In Brazil’s wild west, a state government is trying to prove that it is possible to safeguard the Amazon –…
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Right of return: Sharing research results with communities
Scientists often tend to privilege presenting their research at conferences, to other scientists, sometimes to policy-makers or the media.But in…
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Scientist Terry Sunderland describes the ‘landscape approach’
In the following interview, Terry Sunderland, a principal scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) defines “landscape approach”–…
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