DG’s Column
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Preventing fire & haze: sustainable solutions for Indonesian peatlands
Fire in agriculture is a mixed blessing. A cost-effective tool for poor farmers, fire has been key for food production…
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Can we trust country-level data from global forest assessments?
We are all encouraged by current political commitments that aim to “end deforestation” or “halt natural forest loss” in the…
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The new global assessments and the forest
The Indian tale about the blind men and the elephant is well known. The poet John Godfrey Saxe told it…
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Forestry for a sustainable future: Making a difference beyond agreements
Next week, more than 2,600 forestry experts will travel to the 14th World Forestry Congress in Durban, South Africa. The…
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Rights, returns and restoration: 3Rs for landscapes
As we look to the Sustainable Development Goals and the new climate deal as mechanisms to secure our future on…
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Forward Focus for Forum on Forests
When the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) meets next month in New York, the focus will be on the…
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Watchers of forests – what news from above?
When new data on global forests are published, it is always a grand opportunity to update analyses of global, regional…
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Finance for sustainable landscapes: Momentum is building
The landscape approach is largely about working across institutional boundaries – boundaries that evolved for good reason but now sometimes…
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2015: A year for integration
Few people in development and environment circles could have missed that this year will see a confluence of global agreement-making.…
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Landscapes approach strengthens all sectors
A transcript of CIFOR Director General Peter Holmgren’s speech at the Global Landscape Forum in Lima: It’s amazing, the interest…
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Forum links science, policy, sectors at turning point for climate, development
The UNFCCC COP20 in Lima is around the corner, and expectations are mounting again on how far the world’s countries…
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Mainstreaming emission reductions across the landscape
As REDD+ has evolved and expanded, numerous opportunities, synergies and challenges have emerged, particularly with respect to tenure and financing.…
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Is the landscape approach good for forests?
I am often asked if forests will benefit from a landscape approach. Sometimes I hear concerns that taking a landscape…
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Negotiating the landscape approach
In just over a month, the second Global Landscapes Forum will kick off in Lima, Peru. The past year has…
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Climate Summit statements: Agriculture + Forests = Landscapes?
NEW YORK—Today is an important day for our future on the planet. The United Nations Climate Summit gathers an impressive…
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