REDD+ lessons from Peru
In our Infobrief, Lessons from early REDD+ initiatives to inform effective and equitable carbon mitigation efforts in Peru, we summarised…
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Looking at land restoration through a faith-based lens
The environmental and socio-economic side effects of climate change and land degradation are now well documented across the globe, with…
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Biodiversity science–policy panel calls for broadening value-of-nature concepts in sustainable development
The Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) approved the Summary for Policy Makers of the Assessment Report…
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Can multi-stakeholder platforms and partnerships live up to their promise?
Multi-stakeholder platforms and partnerships, which bring together people from different interest groups to discuss shared challenges, opportunities, policy actions and…
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Peatland restoration: connecting science with policy and practice
Peatland restoration is a potential solution for eradicating fires and accompanying toxic haze, reducing the loss of biodiversity and achievement…
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Addressing five global challenges that will shape our future
As the international community lifts its head above the chaos wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic and sets its sights on…
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Collective payments for ecosystem services: a promising policy tool to reduce deforestation?
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programmes are often used as a tool to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in tropical…
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How bioenergy can help restore landscapes and livelihoods
Indonesia is the world’s fourth largest country by population and its demand for energy is also huge and growing. The…
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IPCC report details catastrophe for planet as threats from climate change mount
Many natural landscapes are at the point of no return, and without action on climate change the planet will become…
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Is the formalization of collective tenure rights supporting sustainable Indigenous livelihoods?
Titling Indigenous territories has been discussed in global fora as an essential tool to promote forest conservation. Activism by Indigenous…
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Creating a new relationship with nature through a ‘stewardship economy’
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community…
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A reflection on World Wildlife Day: How forests sustain people and planet
This year, World Wildlife Day highlights the profound link between human wellbeing and nature, a connection emblematic of a way…
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