Qatar’s mangroves: why they matter to climate change
DOHA, Qatar (8 December, 2012)_Indonesian scientist Daniel Murdiyarso and Lebanese scientist Mohamad Khawlie are spending the morning hopping over muddy…
4 min readEfforts to protect roadless areas pick up steam: good news for forests
DOHA, Qatar (7 December, 2012)_An international movement to protect the last remaining areas on earth that are ‘free from roads’…
4 min readForest monitoring should integrate biodiversity and socioeconomic data, say experts
DOHA, Qatar (6 December, 2012)_Countries need to ensure that their forest monitoring activities under REDD+ move beyond just measuring carbon…
4 min readIndonesia’s forest moratorium: to extend or not to extend?
DOHA, Qatar (6 December, 2012)_ Experts on the sidelines of the U.N. climate conference in Doha are weighing in on…
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U.N. says forests to play a prominent role in global sustainable development agenda
DOHA, Qatar (3 December 2012)_Forests are going to feature very importantly in the future international sustainable development agenda, said the…
2 min read“Come out of the forest” to save the trees
DOHA, QATAR (2 December 2012)_Forestry experts have called for a new approach to managing land and tackling climate change –…
4 min readBiodiversity & climate negotiators must “talk to each other” for the sake of REDD+, urges Belgium
DOHA, Qatar (30 November, 2012)_Country negotiators in the U.N climate change and biodiversity talks need to communicate better before developing…
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Maps for the people: Papuans planning how their land is used
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 November, 2012)_When people ask us about our research, we answer: we are working on land-use planning. We…
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Counting carbon: Measuring carbon stocks in logging concessions in Cameroon
Deep inside a logging concession in southern Cameroon, scientists from the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) are measuring the…
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Beyond flight of fancy: The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
When the Secretary-General of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Darryl Webber, rose to conclude the organisation’s tenth meeting…
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