One commodity, seven countries – and multiple impacts for legal timber
In the wake of the UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow in late 2021, a series of legal instruments aimed…
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Huge potential for sustainability with natural rubber, experts say
Natural rubber is one of the four main global commodities produced from trees. Predominantly harvested by smallholders, the industry sustains…
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Experts map matrix of certification standards at World Forestry Congress
Establishing certification standards for forestry and agricultural commodities is no straightforward matter, particularly for smallholder farmers.Voluntary standards of the type…
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Oil palm agroforestry in Brazil dispels myths about monocultures
For many people, the mere mention of palm oil conjures up dystopian images of trees planted in military drill formation…
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Waiting for the end of deforestation: Companies must ante up
Toward the end of last year, it seemed as if it should be “all systems go” regarding global ambitions to…
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Shoring up Burkina Faso’s shea trade requires intensive landscape restoration efforts
For generations, women in West Africa have produced shea butter for home consumption and to sell for use in cosmetics…
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Biomass energy brings clean electricity to remote Indonesian islands
Indonesia is an energy-rich country, but electricity poor, a situation that Jaya Wahono is determined to change. As director of…
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Boost funding and strategically align incentives with climate goals to save forests
Forests are under massive threat worldwide, planet warming emissions are trending upward and, despite their essential role and potential, governments…
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Creating a new relationship with nature through a ‘stewardship economy’
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community…
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Africa’s vast forest potential untapped, circular bioeconomy could help
Africa has enormous potential to derive more value from its forests without producing more wood, and could thus provide a…
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Britain’s Prince Charles says circular economy powered by nature crucial for recovery
The crisis provoked by the coronavirus pandemic offers a chance to shift from a fossil-fuel based economy to a nature-based…
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Forest restoration could ringfence $6.3 trillion in ecosystem services
The price of deforestation and degradation is enormous, said Robert Nasi, director general of CIFOR and managing director of CIFOR-ICRAF,…
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