For indigenous voices in land use, a seat at the table isn’t necessarily enough
BOGOR, Indonesia—Formalizing indigenous people’s participation in protected area management is not enough to ensure they can actually defend their interests…
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Protected areas: biodiversity troves and carbon sinks under one canopy?
BOGOR, Indonesia—When biologists see a forest, they may think of the number of species it could support.When climatologists see a…
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Best of 2014: ‘There will be no birds or monkeys because the forest will be gone’
BOGOR, Indonesia—When it comes to tropical forest landscapes, children are often seen but not heard.A research paper published in August…
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Best of 2014: In ‘Landscape Game,’ it pays to be green
BOGOR, Indonesia—How would you invest in a forested landscape? Would you cut it down for timber, or preserve it for…
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Best of 2014: Book takes long look at a controversial crop
BOGOR, Indonesia—Palm oil was a hot topic in 2014, with demand for—and antipathy toward—the tropical forest commodity reaching record highs…
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Along the Mekong, conservation-payment schemes are a study in contrasts
HANOI, Vietnam—One river, many ways to protect its forests—but are those ways effective?A recent workshop on incentive-based conservation in four…
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Landscape approach could pave way to achieving SDGs: experts
LIMA, Peru—The design of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) should use the principles of landscape approaches, said experts…
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Indigenous land rights take center stage in Lima
LIMA, Peru—As a boy, Cándido Mezúa Salazar listened to Emberá elders tell stories that explained why the water in the…
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Big demand seen for landscape approaches in Africa, expert says
LIMA, Peru—Paula Agostini, Coordinator of TerrAfrica at The World Bank, said at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima that the…
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Traditional herders face uncertain future, forum hears
LIMA, Peru—African herders who have traditionally moved livestock from place to place, following seasonal forage and water supplies, increasingly find…
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Researchers study future of Kenya’s ‘last big mountain forest’
One forest, myriad functions.The pressure on Kenya’s Mau Forest and the land-use changes occurring in and around it are among…
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In ‘Landscape Game,’ greed is good—but being ‘green’ is better
Say you have a plot of forested land in Amazonia to invest in.Do you log it for quick cash, or…
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