Financiers with commitment needed, Landscapes Summit told
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Establishing finance mechanisms by which the private sector can invest in sustainable development was a prominent theme on the…
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Satellites can mislead: policy makers beware!
The loss of old-growth tropical forest area through fire and agricultural expansion has for decades challenged many of the sustainability…
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Health is in the dish: bush meat or tinned meat?
LIMA, Peru—In the rural border areas where Colombia, Peru and Brazil converge, bushmeat provides nutrition and a strong connection with…
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Money buys happiness? New study says think again about those assumptions
Conventional wisdom has long held that for people who have the least, money matters much more than it does for…
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Forward Focus for Forum on Forests
When the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) meets next month in New York, the focus will be on the…
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Indonesia has a new tool against climate change
JAKARTA, Indonesia—It has one of the world’s largest forest estates …. and one of the highest rates of deforestation and…
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New research lab a boon for next generation of scientists in Congo Basin
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon—Much attention (and millions of dollars) have been paid to determine how to mitigate and adapt to climate change…
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Watchers of forests – what news from above?
When new data on global forests are published, it is always a grand opportunity to update analyses of global, regional and…
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Less laws, more communication, collaboration and capacity needed: expert
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom—Weak government institutions often hamper international conventions and treaties related to protecting forest resources, a leading expert says.A…
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In Indonesia, local communities lose out as oil palm expands
BOGOR, Indonesia—Oil palm, billed as a way to improve local economic opportunity and reduce poverty in the tropics, may not…
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Climate mitigation overshadows adaptation in the Congo Basin
NAIROBI, Kenya—Spend any time reading about climate change, and you’ll notice that the words “mitigation” and “adaptation” are never far…
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How viable are payment schemes for ‘blue carbon’?
Much is made about the loss of such “charismatic” ecosystems as tropical rain forests and coral reefs. Far less is…
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