Reforestation could play role in pandemic recovery jobs creation, says IMF’s Georgieva
Policymakers in many European countries are saying that growth must be low carbon and climate resilient as they put forward…
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Kenyan farmers adopt new agroforestry strategies through research in development program
Smallholder farmers in the drylands of eastern Kenya are benefiting from innovative farming techniques initially tested in collaboration with World…
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Jane Goodall and Robert Nasi: Put forests at forefront of COVID-19 recovery
One of the major problems in the world today is food security and the growing human population, said primatologist Jane…
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Corporate carbon footprint pledges must be backed by transparent timelines
“Climate change is one of the biggest threats we face as a society,” Nestlé CEO Mark Schneider said in September…
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Will COVID-19 put the kibosh on major in-person conferences for good?
The COVID-19 global lockdown has made a big dent in daily carbon emissions, according to a new analysis published in…
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Terrain through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic: Blueprint for a healthy planet
Scientists have demonstrated that such diseases as the new SARS-COV2 coronavirus COVID-19 and Ebola can emerge due to ecosystem imbalances…
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How trees and water fuel sustainable communities
Podcast reveals the relationship between trees, forests and water
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COVID-19 pandemic: How nature steps in to refill ‘empty forests’ when animals disappear
“We must not let a forest full of trees fool us into believing that all is well.”Kent Redford’s cautionary statement…
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Community forestry: Framing sustainability in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Elena Vissa is a recent forestry graduate at the University of Padua in Italy. She conducted field research in the…
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Human deforestation activities link bats to Ebola outbreaks
Deforestation may accelerate the spread of the deadly Ebola disease in the rainforests of West and Central Africa by increasing…
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Supporting Indigenous peoples to restore the balance between wildlife and food security
“There used to be a lot of wildlife here in my father’s and grandfather’s time: deer, tapir, capybara and peccaries,”…
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Scientists from CIFOR-ICRAF showed examples of successful restoration techniques at the Global Landscapes Forum
A team of four scientists from the merged Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) impressed delegates…
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