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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It’s a forest, not a ‘museum’: What sustainable development means in the tropics
BOGOR, Indonesia—A tropical forest: A habitat for wildlife, untouched by humans? Or trees ripe to be cleared for profit?Or is…
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Forests ‘not only about the environment’: On SDGs, zero-deforestation pledges
BOGOR, Indonesia—Where do forests fit into the climate and development agendas? How—and when—will the promise of REDD+ be fulfilled? What…
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Finance for sustainable landscapes: Momentum is building
The landscape approach is largely about working across institutional boundaries – boundaries that evolved for good reason but now sometimes…
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Promises to keep: Can private sector ensure success of zero-deforestation pledges?
BOGOR, Indonesia—The aim of last year’s New York Declaration on Forests is an ambitious one: Halve deforestation by 2020 and…
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Zero-deforestation pledges and palm oil: a conversation
BOGOR, Indonesia—The 2014 New York Declaration on Forests has ambitious goals: halve deforestation by 2020 and eliminate it altogether by…
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Restoring deforested landscapes means more than planting trees
LIMA, Peru—To stop the loss of the world’s forests, countries around the globe have set an ambitious goal of replanting…
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In hunt for resources, Congo forest communities feel the squeeze, early research shows
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon—The narrative used to be straightforward: Rural communities in tropical countries battled logging companies in a zero-sum competition for…
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Study: As forests, grasslands gave way to farms, soil carbon emissions soared
BOGOR, Indonesia — The conversion of pasture to agricultural land has released more carbon from the soil in several South…
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EU plan to curb illegal logging: Think big by thinking small?
BOGOR, Indonesia—Faced with growing pressure to root out “illegal timber” from international trade, some tropical timber-producing countries have a choice.On…
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REDD+ to the rescue of Central Africa’s forests? Not yet, study says
NAIROBI, Kenya—Enforcing sustainable logging and assigning a monetary value to the carbon stored in forest concessions managed under the REDD+…
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In DR Congo, simple rules could reduce the large impact of small-scale loggers
BOGOR, Indonesia—Think of the timber industry in tropical forests, and the image of heavy machinery reaping large swaths of trees…
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