How do you protect what’s ‘everywhere but nowhere?’
Yesterday Ethiopia began its ambitious 4 billion tree planting program. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, said the mega campaign will…
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Tackling emissions from logging
Karen Mo leads monitoring, evaluation and research for WWF Global Forest Practice, as well as managing WWF’s global research and…
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25% of world’s surface can be better protected with rights
The math is simple: about 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions are connected with land use, and the traditional territories…
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Adjust the sail of Rights to brave the climate storm, urge GLF delegates
Bonn(22 June 2019) –Forests are home to 1.6 billion people and provide ecosystem services such as fresh water and clean…
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Zoom in on Borneo ecology
The forests of Borneo are some of the most ecologically diverse in the world, home to thousands of unique species…
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Borderline
Part VII of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARD (Voices from the forest-farm interface)Esther Atogiba,…
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When ancestral lands fall victim to an international border
Part VI of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARDHansen Apewe Abaloori, Akaa, Kassena–Nankana West District,…
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“Restoration belongs to the community”
Timescales can be tricky in forest restoration. We might have the best arguments in the world for why it makes…
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Can forests and smallholders live in harmony in Africa?
Six countries, three reflections, and a team of scientists working to define a landscape that works for all
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Firewood for income in a degrading landscape
Part V of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARDZizigna Bagambagui, community of Gwenia, Kassena –…
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Trees and wildfire worries
Part IV of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S UNHEARDJudith Afagachie, Nakong, Kassena–Nankana West District, Upper…
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Increasing ecosystem carbon is good for species, says new study
It is widely assumed that land uses that increase carbon in biomass and soil to mitigate climate change also benefit…
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