Forests sustaining agriculture?
CIFOR and its partners recently completed a near three-year review process that examines how forests and trees can support, or…
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Mother Nature often knows best
As countries gear up for the “Bonn Challenge” of restoring 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2020,…
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Alternative approaches to illegal logging
Nearly two decades ago, western Amazonian countries began implementing new forest policies to help communities and small producers manage their…
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Why does illegal logging continue after forestry reforms?
The western Amazonian countries of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia have implemented significant forest reforms over the last two decades to…
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What’s on CIFOR’s holiday reading list?
With holidays approaching, now is the time to catch up on those articles, books and films missed out on over a…
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Beyond tree planting
When most people think of forest restoration, they think of planting trees.But at the scales needed to meet ambitious global…
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German Government supports establishment of Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn
At the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in Marrakesh, Morocco, the German Federal Government announced to 5,500 participants here and online,…
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COP22 Special: What does the landscape approach look like in practice?
What are integrated landscape approaches and how do we put them in practice on the ground?These questions – important when…
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Rural women across the globe: Linking livelihoods and landscapes
We need to care about rural women.For one, they comprise a quarter of the world’s population. In developing countries, they…
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Forest, Trees & Agroforestry research into the next phase
In what some refer to as a ‘post-truth’ society, it is unfortunate that the role of scientific results is frequently…
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The landscape approach: How did we get here and where do we want to go? Just ask Darwin!
Charles Darwin’s theories of natural selection and survival of the fittest were initially derided and rejected, leading Darwin himself to…
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Farms vs. forests? A more nuanced look at agrarian change
Forests are being converted into agricultural land throughout the tropics, from Borneo to the Congo Basin. But this process –…
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