‘Restoration starts on the ground’
Monitoring is the only way to effectively assess the performance of global restoration initiatives, but is not yet receiving the…
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‘Green deserts’ or functional forests?
Natural forests support life in complex ways. Forest ecosystems are habitats for animals and humans, they regulate air quality, temperature…
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How effective are tropical forest conservation policies?
Numerous types of forest conservation policies are being implemented in the tropics today. Alongside traditional instruments like protected areas, other…
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The cost of oversimplification
Let’s assume you want to conserve a large, widely-forested watershed by compensating people for not cutting down trees. Would it…
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Why does illegal logging continue after forestry reforms?
The western Amazonian countries of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia have implemented significant forest reforms over the last two decades to…
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What’s on CIFOR’s holiday reading list?
With holidays approaching, now is the time to catch up on those articles, books and films missed out on over…
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Beyond tree planting
When most people think of forest restoration, they think of planting trees.But at the scales needed to meet ambitious global…
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Understanding the ways we use wildlife
Evidence of Pygmy culture in sub-Saharan Africa dates back more than 20,000 years. With forests playing an integral role in…
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Forest, Trees & Agroforestry research into the next phase
In what some refer to as a ‘post-truth’ society, it is unfortunate that the role of scientific results is frequently…
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What’s in a land title?
The indigenous community of Tres Islas in southeastern Peru seems to have it all—good fishing; a vast forest of timber,…
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Tax amnesty, the green economy and peat restoration
The Indonesian government seeks to collect USD 13 billion from its tax amnesty program this year, says the country’s Finance…
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Using remote sensing to empower local communities in forestry management
The forests of Ethiopia are famous for producing the world’s best coffee. But something else is about to emerge from…
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