‘Don’t confuse the crop with the people who develop it’: Q&A with palm oil researcher
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Boycotts of palm oil because of deforestation wrongly place blame on the crop itself, a leading researcher…
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Measuring impact a challenge as China reclaims farmlands for forests
China does not usually come to mind when one thinks about reforestation or afforestation.It should. China’s Conversion of Cropland to…
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Money alone not enough to sustain environmental payment schemes, study finds
BOGOR, Indonesia — On paper, it is a simple premise: Improve environmental management by financially rewarding the people responsible for…
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New York Declaration on Forests elicits praise, concerns
NEW YORK—For forests, it was a historic moment.The New York Declaration on Forests, signed last week at the UN Climate…
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Program seeks to reclaim Australia’s missing woodland
For thousands of years lush wetlands and dense wooded scrub flanked Australia’s greatest river, until it was largely drained and…
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What’s ‘green’ about the green economy? Why scientists should read the history of development
The United Nations (UN) Climate Summit and the People’s Climate March in New York are precursors to the UNFCCC COPs…
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Forest-agriculture links not always clear-cut, expert cautions
BOGOR, Indonesia — All forests are not the same and all agricultural systems are not the same, says a top…
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‘Deep, recurrent structural problems’ lie behind climate challenges
BOGOR, Indonesia — We must continuously adapt our institutions to deal with accelerated social and environmental change if we are…
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Carving a place for women’s rights in Indonesia’s furniture trade
Women have worked with wood for centuries in Jepara, the capital of Indonesia’s thriving carved teak and mahogany furniture industry.…
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How do forests recover after logging? New network seeks to find out
BOGOR, Indonesia — They are the forgotten forests.Logged or “disturbed” forests are fast expanding throughout the tropics, though they have…
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Web of mistrust snags forest-protection programs in Cambodia
Fry a tarantula, save the rainforest?Forest-based goods such as bamboo, rattan, and yes, edible spiders — a delicacy in Cambodia…
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In Zambia, media branch out to cover forests, climate change
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of an article originally published on ForestsClimateChange.org. Read it in full here.LUSAKA, Zambia —…
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