Carving a new future: Jepara furniture industry bounces back after global financial crisis
When mortgages in Nevada went sour in 2008, no one expected it to set off a financial downward spiral that…
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Bonn climate talks: Forest-rich nations need progress on MRV and REDD+ financing
BONN, Germany (16 May 2012)__ Discussions on how mitigation and adaptation funds will be raised and used in the second…
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Rio+20 Dialogues: Are we felling forests to fuel our future?
Forests are an important source of energy for rural and urban households around the world. And many believe that renewable…
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What you might not have known about forests and food security
Forests are a nutritional bounty – virtual natural supermarkets for 1 billion of the world’s poorest people. In rural areas…
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The Letter of Intent that prompted a tectonic shift in the dialogue about Indonesia’s forests: An interview with CIFOR’s DG
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 April, 2012)_The Letter of Intent between Indonesia and Norway has been “the single most significant game changer”…
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New tree-planting and water-use methods boost soil carbon to aid food security in Africa
LONDON, United Kingdom (30 March, 2012)_Innovative tree-planting techniques that amp up levels of soil organic carbon, an indicator of soil…
4 min readDiversified forest gardens can reduce food security risks in Latin America
LIMA, Peru (30 March, 2012)_Forest gardens within coffee plantations in Candelaria Loxicha, Mexico, play a vital role in supporting farmers’…
5 min readCrippling bureaucracy keeps Congo’s chainsaw millers in legal quagmire
BOGOR, Indonesia (28 March 2012)_Small-scale chainsaw millers in the Republic of Congo risk losing their livelihoods as crippling bureaucracy makes…
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US biofuel policy excludes Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil amid industry protests
BALI, Indonesia (27 February, 2012)_Palm oil industry experts in Indonesia and Malaysia — two of the world’s largest producers —…
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All that glitters is not gold: Precious metal mining in Congo should stay small for the sake of the forest
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 February, 2012)_The harmful impacts of gold and diamond mining on the Congo Basin rainforest can be minimised…
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Rush to acquire African farmland risks countries bearing costs of global resource scarcity, says study
BOGOR, Indonesia (23 February, 2012)_ The recent rush to acquire farmland in order to meet rising global demands for food…
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New timber regulation to force companies away from business-as-usual practices
BEIJING, China (18 January, 2012)_New regulations banning sale of illegal timber in consumer countries will force companies to move away…
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