From the soil to the law, climate change efforts in Indonesia
Despite growing pressures of development and urbanization, community members from Sendangsari village in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta province improved the local economy…
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Alue Dohong: Restoring peatlands, empowering communities
The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) was established with a mission to accelerate the restoration of peatland hydrology and vegetation degraded…
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Threats to Congo peat forests put people, wildlife and climate goals at risk
Looming potential infrastructure projects pose a serious threat to the forested peatlands of the Congo Basin, and could prevent the…
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COP23 Special: ‘No Paris without peatlands’
In the hot, tented meeting rooms of the global climate conference in Bonn, peatlands are never far away.This is true…
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Fire and haze: Better business practices
The damaging practice of clearing land by burning has spread across Indonesia since at least the 1990s, employed by large…
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Fire and haze: Community action
Residents of Pekanbaru in Riau, Indonesia, have not forgotten the devastating fires and haze that darkened their skies for months…
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Fire and haze: Laws and regulations
Local laws and regulations banning the clearing and burning of peatlands have sprung up across Indonesia since President Joko Widodo…
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Fighting fire and haze in Indonesia
In Indonesia, few have forgotten the devastating peatland fires and suffocating haze that afflicted the greater region for several months…
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Making peat a priority
This week the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, IUFRO, is holding its 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg, Germany. IUFRO…
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In Indonesia, finding the right ways to fight fire and haze
On the eve of talks in Pekanbaru, Riau, on best practices to prevent fire and haze, Center for International Forestry…
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Peat beneath their feet
What do a hairy-nosed otter, a Sumatran tiger and a white-backed Malayan Tapir have in common? Not only are they…
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COP22 Special: Why should we care about peat?
Peat is partially decayed, dead vegetation that has accumulated over thousands of years. Though peatlands are generally saturated with water…
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