Addressing the dangers of degraded land
Up to 1.3 billion people are now living on degraded land, at risk of food and water shortages and worsening…
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In Indonesia, finding the right ways to fight fire and haze
On the eve of talks in Pekanbaru, Riau, on best practices to prevent fire and haze, Center for International Forestry…
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On the edge of forests, change comes in many forms
Change is a fact of life. But for those living in landscapes of forests and farms, nowadays, that change can…
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Landscape approaches have potential but can do better in reporting, practice
In recent decades, growing numbers of policymakers have begun to embrace more holistic strategies to address the intertwined challenges of…
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There is more to farming than yields, and more to forests than trees
On the sidelines of the 2017 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Annual Meeting in Merida, Mexico, and following a…
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Forests as food
It’s a bit ironic that while wild foraged ingredients are increasingly popping up on Michelin-starred menus around the world, the…
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Dennis del Castillo of Peruvian Amazon Research Institute: ‘Peatlands are seen as wastelands’
From Peru to the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo to Indonesia, peatlands restoration and management efforts…
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Eyes on the livelihoods of peatland communities
It’s not just the types of trees that grow in the forests – and, in some cases, the orangutans or…
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Ann Jeannette Glauber of World Bank: ‘Indonesia’s 2015 fires cost twice as much as tsunami clean-up’
How can sustainable landscape management attract more finance towards sustainable rehabilitation, peatland restoration and conservation?How can we best mobilize the…
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Tim Christophersen of UN Environment: ‘Peatlands are one of the least-understood ecosystems.’
With 425 people in attendance in Jakarta — as well as over one thousand views of the event livestream and…
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Event highlights: Global Landscapes Forum – Peatlands Matter
It may seem counter-intuitive to put human interests first when tackling an environmental issue as complex and technical as peatlands.…
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People and peat
Deep in the forests of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, the murmur of a paddle sliding through water joins the mesh of…
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