Program seeks to reclaim Australia’s missing woodland
For thousands of years lush wetlands and dense wooded scrub flanked Australia’s greatest river, until it was largely drained and…
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What’s ‘green’ about the green economy? Why scientists should read the history of development
The United Nations (UN) Climate Summit and the People’s Climate March in New York are precursors to the UNFCCC COPs…
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Climate Summit statements: Agriculture + Forests = Landscapes?
NEW YORK—Today is an important day for our future on the planet. The United Nations Climate Summit gathers an impressive…
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Scientific community must do more to explain ‘green economy,’ expert says
The main barrier to a ‘green economy’? Mindsets, according to a leading environmental economist.A green economy is one that aims…
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Forest-agriculture links not always clear-cut, expert cautions
BOGOR, Indonesia — All forests are not the same and all agricultural systems are not the same, says a top…
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Coming to terms with terminology: Seeking ‘gray literature’ on landscapes
NAIROBI, Kenya — What on Earth does “integrated landscape management” mean?If you ask 78 different scientists, you just might get…
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Think beyond forests for a powerful climate solution. Think landscapes
More than 120 heads of states and tens of thousands of people will converge on New York next week to…
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‘Deep, recurrent structural problems’ lie behind climate challenges
BOGOR, Indonesia — We must continuously adapt our institutions to deal with accelerated social and environmental change if we are…
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Gardens in the sky: The advantages of agroforestry in Bangladesh
Imagine a forest that is not really a forest, but a multi-layered garden reaching up more than 10 meters. It…
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How do forests recover after logging? New network seeks to find out
BOGOR, Indonesia — They are the forgotten forests.Logged or “disturbed” forests are fast expanding throughout the tropics, though they have…
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Ebola and forestry — an urgent scientific challenge
As a global organization with offices and projects in West and Central Africa, we are keeping a close eye on…
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‘Landscape approach’ defies simple definition — and that’s good
The terms “landscapes,” “landscape approaches” and “integrated landscape management,” among similar “landscape-focused” terminology, underpin much of the discourse in contemporary…
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