The Norwegian Ambassador encourages sustainable business in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (6 May, 2011)_At a special luncheon held by CIFOR at the ‘B4E- Business for Environment’ meeting in Jakarta,…
1 min readBusinesses and environmentalists need to ‘get real’ over REDD+
JAKARTA, Indonesia (29 April, 2011)_Business and environmental lobbies need to ‘get real’ over the importance of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from…
3 min readREDD+ Taskforce Reaches Out to Palm Oil Companies
JAKARTA, Indonesia (28 April 2011)_Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Head of the President’s Delivery Unit for Development Monitoring and Oversight and Chair of…
4 min readNeoliberal conservation: commoditisation, media and celebrity
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 April, 2011)_Is it possible to “eat one’s conservation cake and eat development desert too”? Food for thought…
5 min readThe challenges in communicating technical research
BALI, Indonesia (25 April, 2011)_Breaking down the complexities of scientific research into digestible chunks is a difficult job for researchers…
3 min readEnvironment Caught in the Extremes
This article, written by Agus Purnomo, special adviser on climate change to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, first appeared in the…
5 min read‘Win-win’ is too simplistic a description for REDD+ – and possibly wrong
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 April, 2011)_Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) coupled with co-benefits such as biodiversity conservation, sustainable…
4 min readEmissions will increase with ongoing coastal destruction
BOGOR, Indonesia (11 April, 2011)_Drainage and degradation of coastal wetlands emit significant amounts of carbon dioxide directly to the atmosphere…
3 min readREDD+ climate challenge: Confusion over who owns forested lands
BOGOR, Indonesia (7 April, 2011) _ With billions of dollars on offer for developing nations to protect their forests because…
4 min readDemand for chocolate drives deforestation in West Africa
IBADAN, Nigeria (7 April 2011)_Rampant deforestation and degradation of West Africa’s tropical forest area is occurring due to the expansion…
3 min readREDD news update Indonesia: February 23 – March 4, 2011
BOGOR, Indonesia (March 9, 2011) _Run by CIFOR and several partner organisations around the world, the 4-year Global Comparative Study…
4 min readExploring the role of women in Brazil nut management in the Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, (March 4, 2011) _ Amy Duchelle is a Research Fellow in the Forests and Livelihoods Programme…
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