Mapping a more sustainable palm oil future in Indonesia
The versatile and edible palm oil can be found in everything from pizza dough to instant noodles and bread. And…
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Bioenergy – can it work for the Global South?
We recently published a guide for developing countries in the global South to provide a better understanding of the issues,…
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How to balance the needs of both humans and wildlife?
Wild mammals, reptiles, birds and insects are eaten by people worldwide. But overhunting – driven mainly by the demand for…
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Private-sector engagement through integrated landscape approaches urged
Greater engagement with the private sector to enhance rural development in southern Zambia could be encouraged by empowering small- and…
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Sustainable forest management: Indonesia navigates a paradigm shift
Indonesia’s forests are home to 10-15 percent of the world’s known plants, mammals, and birds, as well as vast carbon…
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In Indonesia, linking small-scale eco-entrepreneurs with global lenders
Firdha Mawaddah owns a furniture shop in Pasuruan, a city in East Java, Indonesia. She’s recently started specializing in ‘smart…
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Realizing the right to food
The right to food is fundamental but we need a revolution in how food systems work to achieve it for…
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Long road ahead to translate NBS into practice
Nature-based solutions (NBS) have quickly gained popularity as an umbrella term for actions that work in harmony with natural ecosystems…
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TreesAdapt platform launched at GLF
A new platform has been launched to help develop, implement and manage adaptation solutions in a drastically changing climate through…
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Our food systems are failing. Can trees and forests dish up better diets for everyone?
Despite all of the technological and informational advancements of recent decades, we’ve so far failed to feed our global population…
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Biodiversity science–policy panel calls for broadening value-of-nature concepts in sustainable development
The Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) approved the Summary for Policy Makers of the Assessment Report…
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Informal trade in charcoal and firewood in Africa creates need for sustainable approach
As demand for charcoal and other wood energy soars in Central Africa, with wide-ranging consequences for biodiversity and local communities,…
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