Brazil forges forward on path to sustainable forest development
LIMA, Peru (3 April, 2012)_Brazil is forging forward towards its sustainable forest development goal, with many ministers and scientists hailing…
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New tree-planting and water-use methods boost soil carbon to aid food security in Africa
LONDON, United Kingdom (30 March, 2012)_Innovative tree-planting techniques that amp up levels of soil organic carbon, an indicator of soil…
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Khat cultivation in Ethiopia fuels economy, reduces deforestation
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 March, 2012)_Khat — a leafy plant used as a natural stimulant in the Horn of Africa —…
4 min readWell-managed logging concession areas could boost REDD+ carbon stocks in Congo Basin
DOUALA, Cameroon (15 March, 2012)_A new CIFOR project in the Congo Basin is hoping to bolster scientific evidence that proves…
4 min readMangroves being destroyed at “an alarming rate” yet not mentioned in Rio+20’s zero draft
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 March, 2012) _“Oceans” will be one of the key issues under discussion at Rio+20 with the aim…
6 min readREDD+ can have multiple benefits for indigenous territories, if it respects their rights
LIMA, Peru (8 March, 2012)_REDD+ policies in Latin America can strengthen indigenous territorial management institutions and help defend those territories…
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Bacteria may help oil palm decrease GHG emissions and improve carbon storage
BALI, Indonesia (1 March, 2012)_Bacteria introduced to palm oil seedlings could help reduce the harmful greenhouse gasses emitted by the…
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Indonesian communities coping with crisis depend on forests
BOGOR, Indonesia (29 February, 2012)_Six years ago, hundreds of homes and rice fields in a number of small villages in…
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New study highlights need for REDD+ to look beyond carbon
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 February, 2012)_A new study on rubber plantations highlights the need for the REDD+ climate change scheme to…
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Ignoring forests won’t bring Rio+20’s ‘future we want’
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 February, 2012)_In June 2012 around 40,000 participants are expected to attend one of the most important environmental…
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International investments in agriculture: Do the negative impacts outweigh the benefits?
BOGOR, Indonesia (26 January, 2011)_A trend in recent years of international investors snapping up land in developing countries for agriculture…
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Indonesia sets aside 45% of forest-rich Kalimantan to be world’s lungs
BOGOR, Indonesia (25 January, 2012) _ Following a moratorium on new logging concessions last year, Indonesia has allocated 45 percent…
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