Latin America’s forests – what lies ahead in 2013?
LIMA, Peru (22 February, 2013)_In the past year, Latin America’s forests saw progress and setbacks that will shape ecosystem health…
6 min readPaying farmers to protect forest watersheds in Vietnam & China: The long-term prognosis
BOGOR, Indonesia (12 February, 2013)_ As China and Vietnam move toward decentralised, market-baed economies, they will need to improve the…
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In Southeast Asia, hope for biofuels turns to early disappointment
BOGOR, Indonesia (1 February 2013)_Governments across Southeast Asia had high hopes for biofuels several years ago: At a time of…
5 min readForests as rainmakers: CIFOR scientist gains support for a controversial hypothesis
BOGOR, Indonesia (28 January, 2013)_A new study boosts support for the physics behind a controversial theory that forests play a…
5 min readLosing carbon: New study questions sustainability of biofuel harvested on dry lands
BOGOR, Indonesia (22 January, 2013)_The high amount of carbon that pours into the atmosphere when arid and semi-arid land is…
4 min readTrouble ahead if forests and adaptation are not considered in the post Rio+20 era
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (16 January, 2013)_Forests have occupied a role in the first 20 years of the Rio era (1992-2012) through…
3 min readHow much credit can Brazil take for slowing Amazon deforestation – and how low can it go?
BOGOR, Indonesia (15 January, 2013)_Brazilian policymakers can take some of the credit for a dramatic slowdown in the deforestation rate…
8 min readA 4°C warmer world “will be catastrophic” for forest biodiversity: expert
BOGOR, Indonesia (8 January, 2013)_Global temperatures may be climbing at a rate too fast for our forests and its biodiversity…
4 min readThe world’s shrinking food basket: Why it is critical we increase crop diversity
JEJU, South Korea (21 September, 2012) _ In the 1970’s a fungal blight outbreak ravaged cornfields across the United States,…
6 min read“Designer plants” help meet demand for palm oil and avoid deforestation
BALI, Indonesia (28 February, 2012)_Malaysian scientists now have the ability to trace for high oil-yielding genes in the palm oil…
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Landscape-based certification scheme aims to lift poverty by engaging communities
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 December, 2011)_Conservation scientists are hoping to foster conservation outside protected areas and in production landscapes, such as…
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Scientists show technical concerns no longer an obstacle to progress on REDD+
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 December, 2012)_The challenges in implementing a scheme to reduce carbon emissions by avoiding deforestation and forest degradation…
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