Lessons from the South: Regulating economic, environmental and social aspects of oil palm production
BOGOR, Indonesia (23 September, 2011)_Managing trade-offs between socio-economic benefits and environmental preservation are key to the development of the booming…
4 min readHunting for Answers: Well-managed Production Forests Important for Biodiversity
BOGOR, Indonesia (3 August, 2011)_Though a hunter’s preference for large game can put pressure on fragile forest ecosystems, new research…
3 min readElephants feed on coffee as resources in Indian forests become scarce
BOGOR, Indonesia (26 July, 2011)_ Elephants foraging for food in the forests of southern India have taken to feasting on…
3 min readConsumption: the elephant in the room of shrinking forests
OSLO, Norway (6 July, 2011)_Changing consumption patterns will be the key to reducing deforestation, particularly as rapid economic growth in…
3 min readCommercial logging drives appetite for Africa’s wildlife
NAIROBI, Kenya (June 15, 2011) _ Commercial logging in countries of the Congo Basin, one of the world’s few remaining…
4 min readKenyans use barcodes to gather evidence to combat trade in illegal bushmeat
NAIROBI, Kenya (14 June, 2011)_For generations the people of East Africa lived among wild animals but did not depend on…
3 min readConsensus to Bushmeat Conundrum Lies Somewhere Near the Fuzzy Middle
NAIROBI, Kenya (10 June, 2011)_Finding consensus to one of the greatest threats to biodiversity—the exploitation of wild animals for food—has…
3 min readGoing nuts: how price increases and property rights insecurity may lead to Brazil nut theft
BOGOR, Indonesia (9 June, 2011)_The thick brown opened fruit shells litter the forest floor. A Bolivian man wearily bends downs…
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