Video: Restoring rainforests in the Asia-Pacific
Deforestation and degradation has affected millions of hectares of rainforest in the Asia-Pacific. Efforts are now being made to slow…
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Investing in sustainable planted forests: Tools are available, but there’s room for improvement
Industrial-scale planted forests are broadening the scope of their products from a traditional focus on timber toward bioenergy, and even…
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Video: Highlights from the 2016 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit
Global momentum is building to sustainably manage forests and landscapes, as a key factor for mitigating climate change and promoting…
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Brexit rattles RI-European timber trade prospects
Shortly after the UK people voted on June 24 to leave the European Union, the country witnessed a change of…
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2016 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Darussalam — Integration was the key concept driving discussion among government, business, civil society and research…
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Could timber plantations boost forest conservation?
Large-scale mono-culture plantations have been criticized for a bevy of reasons: land grabbing, forest destruction, poor environmental services, unfair distribution…
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Zero deforestation in Indonesia: Pledges, politics and palm oil
“No Deforestation. No Peat. No Exploitation”: The pledges echoing throughout the palm oil sector, as major consumer goods manufacturers and…
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A new course for the Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to 10 percent of the world’s tropical forests. Vast and varied, these…
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Community rights to resources in Indonesia: A conversation
When Indonesian President Joko Widodo took office in 2014, he made a commitment to strengthen the rights of local communities…
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Where, when, why: Human-orangutan conflict in Borneo
BOGOR, Indonesia—A 90 kilogram full-grown male orangutan is sitting in your garden, eating mangoes stolen from your mango tree. You…
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Cameroon: a case study of Chinese corporate social responsibility
NAIROBI, Kenya—When a continent as forest rich as Africa becomes the target of direct foreign investment – no matter what…
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WEST AFRICA SPECIAL: In Burkina Faso, small solutions and big returns
PABRE, Burkina Faso—A simple fence that protects against grazing livestock and bush fires is all it’s taken to transform three…
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