Q+A: Can the REDD+ climate change program produce measurable results in the next three years?
BONN, Germany (10 June, 2013)_Policymakers must see REDD+ achieving measurable results in the next three years to ensure the U.N.-backed…
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Snakes, thieves and falling nuts: Challenges of Brazil nut harvesting in Peru
LIMA, Peru (4 June, 2013)_Every wet season in the Western Amazon, Peru’s castañeros (brazil nut concession holders and harvesters) gather…
1 min readQ&A: What’s behind the lag in climate-related finance in Central Africa?
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (29 May 2013)_ Most Central African countries have been unable to access climate funds—and, according to experts, donors…
5 min readManaging environment & social effects of large versus small-scale investments in Congo
National agencies that promote and approve foreign investments in Congo Basin countries could play an important role in ensuring that…
5 min readLiquid cash or solid investment? Trees offer new approach for Cameroon’s farmers
Smallholder farmers in Cameroon fell the trees in their fields simply to raise quick cash – but the practice could…
5 min readCan biodiversity and logging coexist in the Congo?
Scientists are working with national authorities and local populations in the Congo Basin to develop multiple-use forest management systems, which…
4 min readUS, EU timber import regulations could bankrupt Central Africa’s small-scale loggers: experts
Loggers in Central Africa could be driven out of business due to the high operating costs needed to comply with…
4 min readFrom forest harvest to bubbling businesses in the Congo Basin
There have been hunters and gatherers for as long as mankind can remember and members of many communities in the…
4 min readIndonesia’s REDD+ pilot province: how is it faring two years on?
When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono selected Central Kalimantan as the pilot province for his country’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation…
5 min readCould the Sustainable Development Goals include Landscapes?
Last week, the UN High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda met in Bali, Indonesia. The political commitment from last year’s…
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Could sustainable logging save Indonesia’s mangroves?
It sounds counter-intuitive.Indonesia’s vast mangrove forests, CIFOR has recently discovered, are a valuable carbon sink. They shelter unique species, protect…
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