Frankincense and Myrrh harvest may encourage sustainable livelihoods in Ethiopia
BOGOR, Indonesia (6 September, 2011)_ The sustainable production and marketing of oleo-gum resins such as frankincense and myrrh could provide…
4 min readSeeing REDD+ through the eyes of the Indonesian media
BOGOR, Indonesia (24 August 2011)_The concept of REDD+, a mechanism that gives incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest…
3 min readAdaptation and mitigation work hand-in-hand in Latin American forests
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 August, 2011)_The long held view that adaptation and mitigation are mutually exclusive approaches for reducing the impacts…
5 min readLatin America Forest News Updates May – July 2011
LIMA, Peru (1 August, 2011)_ We are periodically reviewing the most relevant news articles on forests and climate change in…
4 min readWhat does REDD+ really cost?
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 July, 2011)_What does REDD+ cost? At least since the influential Stern Review was published in 2006, many…
5 min readHow Will the World Fund REDD+? Let me count the ways
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 July, 2011)_Last year world leaders agreed on a scheme to protect carbon-rich biodiverse forest by mobilising funds…
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Indonesia’s Forest Moratorium—Analyzing the numbers
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 June, 2011)_The Indonesian president’s office has stated that the moratorium on new forest concessions, announced last month,…
11 min readMoratorium Cheat Sheet
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 May, 2011)_You have all seen the Moratorium maps, but what about the numbers? Here are some numbers…
5 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 readHow remote sensing can help protect forests
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M1Ewh1gP8wBOGOR, Indonesia (1 June, 2011)_Scientists and policy makers are utilizing the latest technology in aerial and space imagery to access…
3 min readTo adapt, to mitigate or both alike? Congo Basin forests in a policy dilemma
By Olufunso SomorinYAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 May, 2011)_Bringing together researchers, policymakers, civil society and practitioners on development issues is quite challenging.…
3 min readBig Business Welcomes Deforestation Ban
BOGOR, Indonesia (22 May, 2011)_Producers of palm oil and pulp and paper products welcomed on Friday the finalisation of a…
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