Qatar’s mangroves: why they matter to climate change
DOHA, Qatar (8 December, 2012)_Indonesian scientist Daniel Murdiyarso and Lebanese scientist Mohamad Khawlie are spending the morning hopping over muddy streams,…
4 min readWhy negotiators at Doha should care about the world’s forgotten mangroves
DOHA, Qatar (28 November, 2012)_New estimates have shown that when coastal ecosystems suffer degradation or are converted for aquaculture, upstream…
4 min readIndonesia lauded for laying REDD groundwork: Next step, true forestry management reform
BOGOR, Indonesia (6 November, 2012)_Though Indonesia gets high marks for addressing governance challenges that affect the forestry sector, many of…
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Can we break the REDD+ stalemate?
BOGOR, Indonesia (8 October, 2012)_As negotiators prepare for the UN climate change conference (COP18) in Doha in December, protecting forests…
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Boosting Indonesia’s wetlands science is key to tackling climate change
BOGOR, Indonesia (7 June, 2012)_Greater scientific understanding of Indonesia’s rapidly disappearing carbon-rich wetlands is needed to help mitigate the effects…
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Ecosystem-based adaptation most effective in coastal cities, study shows
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (19 June 2012)__ Maintaining and rehabilitating natural ecosystems like mangroves may be the most cost-effective way…
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The world’s kidneys: Why forests matter for World Water Day and Rio+20
BOGOR, Indonesia (22 March, 2012)_The fact that trees play a critical role in supplying clean water is a point yet…
6 min readLearning lessons from mangrove research
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFApKZZG724BOGOR, Indonesia (2 June, 2011)_Bubbling gas tracers into mangrove river systems is just one of the innovative ways that difficult-to-measure…
2 min readJournalists visit mangroves to learn about REDD+ and climate change
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 May, 2011)_17 journalists from all over Indonesia attended a workshop in Bali in April on REDD+ and…
2 min readA new mangrove management strategy?
BALI, Indonesia (28 April, 2011)_Local communities on Nusa Penida and Lembongan in Bali are fighting back to save their wetlands…
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