Look who isn’t talking now: REDD+ information flows in Indonesia
BOGOR, Indonesia (28 May 2013) – The REDD+ policy process in Indonesia is not fulfilling its promise of greater participation…
5 min readFarmers need stronger rights and incentives to preserve trees on farms in Africa: study
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 May, 2013)_Some farmers in Ghana kill saplings on their land over fears their food crops will one…
6 min readQ&A: The challenges of monitoring a forest three times as large as France
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 May, 2013)_As international donors consider funding programs targeting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and…
5 min readFor DR Congo’s forests, legislation is only part of the solution
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (23 May, 2013)_ Legislation enacted in the past decade to slow forest loss in the Democratic Republic of…
4 min readManaging environment & social effects of large versus small-scale investments in Congo
National agencies that promote and approve foreign investments in Congo Basin countries could play an important role in ensuring that…
5 min readLiquid cash or solid investment? Trees offer new approach for Cameroon’s farmers
Smallholder farmers in Cameroon fell the trees in their fields simply to raise quick cash – but the practice could…
5 min readReducing deforestation emissions in Cameroon demands variety of expertise
As the world grapples with implementing a U.N.-backed scheme aimed at slowing forest loss and degradation (REDD+), new research from…
5 min readCan biodiversity and logging coexist in the Congo?
Scientists are working with national authorities and local populations in the Congo Basin to develop multiple-use forest management systems, which…
4 min readUS, EU timber import regulations could bankrupt Central Africa’s small-scale loggers: experts
Loggers in Central Africa could be driven out of business due to the high operating costs needed to comply with…
4 min readCan REDD+ drive change in DR Congo?
Implementing a U.N.-backed scheme to slow forest loss in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be difficult, a new study…
5 min readQ+A: Male-female lifestyles should factor into Congo climate programs
In the Congo Basin, men and women carry out quite similar livelihood activities — farming, hunting and collecting various forest…
5 min readIndonesia’s REDD+ pilot province: how is it faring two years on?
When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono selected Central Kalimantan as the pilot province for his country’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation…
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