Certifying logging concessions certifies social benefits in Congo Basin
When it comes to sustaining forests so that they can sustain people, forest certification has been heralded as an important…
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Carving a place for women’s rights in Indonesia’s furniture trade
Women have worked with wood for centuries in Jepara, the capital of Indonesia’s thriving carved teak and mahogany furniture industry.…
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Crop diversity can sweeten the deal for African cocoa farmers
The video is fittingly bittersweet.In a short film now making the rounds on the Internet, a journalist for Dutch television…
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Experts: Local activism, political measures needed to stop illegal timber
BOGOR, Indonesia — When it comes to stemming the global trade in illegal tropical timber, local activists in timber-producing countries…
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Oil palm, timber sectors must solve communication, tenure issues: panelists
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Timber and oil palm: two of Southeast Asia’s most important exports, crucial to local livelihoods and national…
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Experts: Stable governance, trade frameworks needed to tip Asia toward green economy
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Despite preventive measures, complex laws and policies governing forest resources in Asia are often undermined by corrupt…
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Report finds gaps in timber trade safeguards
BOGOR, Indonesia — Timber harvested illegally in Africa, Asia and Latin America continues to be sold on world markets, despite…
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Report sheds light on a massive, neglected ecosystem
BOGOR, Indonesia — Few words are as evocative as “rainforest” — wild, mysterious, valuable beyond price and worthy of the rallying…
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Report dispels perceptions about artisanal logging, milling in Congo Basin
Small-scale logging and milling in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are not uniformly fraudulent nor unsustainable, new research has…
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Forests, land use and the Green Climate Fund: Open for business?
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of an article posted at ForestsClimateChange.org. It can be read in its entirety here.The Green…
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Combined forest certification improves business for Brazil-nut growers: study
Certification of Brazil nuts, a regionally important non-timber forest product (NTFP), can have multiple benefits for the tropical forests of…
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Q&A: In the Amazon, important tree species remain ‘under the radar’
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of four articles about CIFOR’s research on smallholder bolaina logging in the…
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