Forests and food security: What we know and need to know
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 April, 2011)_A few weeks ago, I met a senior diplomat from one of the countries where CIFOR…
4 min readBusiness as usual important for forest conservation strategies
BOGOR, Indonesia (19 April, 2011)_With the Indonesian economy set to grow by 7 percent next year, climate change mitigation policies…
3 min readThe 9 billion people question: Food security & why biodiversity is important
BOGOR, Indonesia (10 April, 2011)_Food security has become one of the most important issues of our time. In February, The…
4 min readBiodiesel Demand Fuelled by Policy, Not Oil Prices
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=For1jPJ9PZEBOGOR, Indonesia (6 April, 2011)_World media have reported a renewed interest in biofuels as unrest in the Middle East pushes…
5 min readMoney Alone Can’t Save the Forests
REDD+ was conceived primarily as a financial mechanism for reducing carbon emissions caused by forest destruction. So, logically the negotiations…
3 min readBiofuels: The Good, The Bad and The Uncertain
By Angela DewanLast decade, biofuels were talked about among world leaders like the deus ex machina of the world’s carbon…
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