Raw materials use tipped to nearly double by 2060, OECD report says
(Forests News) — Rising living standards and population growth will push the use of raw materials to unprecedented levels in…
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Taste for gorilla and chimp meat fuels illicit trade
Gorilla meat remains a delicacy in Cameroon, even though hunting great apes is illegal in the country. And while the…
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The 36-billion-dollar question
It’s estimated that around USD 36 billion is needed annually to meet the Bonn Challenge target of restoring 350 million…
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In Solomon Islands, the gendered effects of corporate logging
Sicolastika Okapisi cried as she watched machines raze the mangroves near her village of Mararo to the ground. These mangroves…
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Breaking new ground for sustainable architecture in Central Africa
All over Central Africa, it is a common sight to see worn-down buildings that appear to have been through decades…
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In Central Africa, public procurement can boost demand for legal wood
Central African governments and their development partners account for a significant proportion of the region’s demand for domestic timber, mostly…
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Back to the future: Sketching out oil palm scenarios to 2035
We may not yet be able to time travel, but data modeling can help us to make more educated guesses…
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Cocoa agroforests mean more than chocolate
Cocoa is the primary source of income in southern Cameroon, where it represents 48% of the total agricultural land use.…
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Turning finance blue
The U.S. was uncooperative at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992, and President George H.W. Bush lost a…
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A brief explainer of the blue economy
Carbon-rich coastal ecosystems are rocketing to the forefront of global actions on climate change, and uncomfortable terms like “plastic oceans”…
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What if Cameroonian consumers wanted legal timber?
Cameroonians are still not very interested in knowing the origin of the wood they buy, but a growing number of…
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In ecotourism, trotting the globe to help protect it
On the edge of Sumatra’s Leuser National Park, Tanganan village offers days spent hiking to see wild tigers, rhinos, elephants…
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