UK’s Prince Charles, CIFOR’s Nasi see forests as green infrastructure for new economy
Forests have fueled economies and furnished societies with building materials, food and energy for millennia. Now, as the world seeks…
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Corporate carbon footprint pledges must be backed by transparent timelines
“Climate change is one of the biggest threats we face as a society,” Nestlé CEO Mark Schneider said in September…
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Q+A: The year deforestation was supposed to be chopped in half
As communities around the world hail glimpses of resurgent urban wildlife and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions related to…
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World Agroforestry gene bank germinates a future for healthy ecosystems
Africa’s iconic baobab tree, sometimes called the “upside-down tree” and popular in myths and local legend, was in trouble earlier…
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How trees and water fuel sustainable communities
Podcast reveals the relationship between trees, forests and water
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How tree growing can mitigate the environmental impact of displacement
When civil war broke out in the Central African Republic (CAR) in late 2012, hundreds of thousands of people fled…
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Five (or six) solutions for saving the world’s forests and restoring landscapes
We’ve heard a lot about ambitious tree planting initiatives in recent months. Laudable as these may be – and we…
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Recipe for slowing species loss and cutting extinction risk in half
Limiting climate change to 2 degrees Celsius and conserving 30 percent of terrestrial area could halve the risk of plant,…
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Has the FLEGT Action plan contributed to better forest governance?
I still remember the day, years ago, when the director general of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) “invited”…
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