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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Sustainable Development Goals and forestry: Lessons from Peru
LIMA, Peru—A decade ago, forests along the Ampiyacu River in northeastern Peru were being logged, hunted and fished unsustainably by…
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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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Mind the ‘stick’: How ‘carrots’ can make conservation fairer in Brazil’s Amazon
BOGOR, Indonesia—In the world of forest law enforcement, it was hailed as a historic breakthrough.Brazil’s arrest in February of Ezequiel…
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Sumatran road plan could spell a dark new chapter for storied ecosystem: study
BOGOR, Indonesia—In at least one way, it’s a place right out of a storybook.A patch of Indonesian forest is the…
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Link between wildlife, human nutrition is food for thought for development in Africa
BOGOR, Indonesia—A new study has found for the first time a link between the availability of wild meat and human…
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‘Boom’ and gloom: Forest-based wildlife feel brunt of Asia’s appetite for meat, medicine
BOGOR, Indonesia—It’s one of the dark sides of the Asian economic boom.Growing demand for wild meat and traditional medicine among…
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As climate change and poor habits parch Central Asia, can policy changes help?
BOGOR, Indonesia — An approach that looks at both environmental and human elements to combat landscape degradation could help make…
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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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Certification incentives for reducing illegal logging in Brazil may miss their mark
BOGOR, Indonesia—In Brazil’s Amazon forest, incentives such as certification of timber products are less effective than fines and other sanctions…
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