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World’s forests in a race against time, warns UN global forest report
The world is losing its forests faster than it can save them, with severe consequences for the climate, biodiversity and…
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Closing the capacity gap in blue carbon finance
As countries across the Asia-Pacific region accelerate efforts to harness blue carbon ecosystems for climate action, a central question is emerging: who…
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From Djibouti to UNCCD COP17: Accelerating progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall
Across Africa’s drylands, a new push for transformation is underway. Stretching across 11 countries, from Senegal to Djibouti, the Great…
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From Djibouti to UNCCD COP17: Accelerating progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall
Across Africa’s drylands, a new push for transformation is underway. Stretching across 11 countries, from Senegal to Djibouti, the Great…
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“Petit Robert” shows how local knowledge strengthens wildlife conservation in Cameroon
In the lush, biodiverse forests of southeastern Cameroon, conservation is not just a technical challenge — it is a cultural, ecological and historical…
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The honey bargain: How bees keep forests standing
There is a moment before dawn in the dry montane forests of Lambayeque, in northern Peru, when the air is…
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The stories that saved the orangutans
In 1982, Usman Saibul and his friend Jerry were working for the Indonesian government’s transmigration programme in Ketapang, West Kalimantan,…
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Indigenous knowledge can improve AI models to manage fires, study finds
Wildfires could be more effectively managed if artificial intelligence (AI) models incorporated Indigenous knowledge more fully for landscape use around the world, according to a recent study. The AI-based quantitative frameworks that are used to help…
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Why private investment in forests still lags
The global forest sector is worth approximately USD1.5 trillion, equivalent to the economies of Indonesia or the Netherlands. That value includes timber, climate regulation, water…
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Wait, what?! A wooden satellite in space?
Why would anyone send a satellite made of wood into space? This episode of Wait, what?! explores what that surprising…
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Wood in the bioeconomy transition: Navigating opportunities and challenges
[Editor’s note: This article reflects the personal views of the author] As we navigate the necessary shift from a fossil-based…
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How to better assess health risks from wild animal meat
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has been on alert for “Disease X” — the spillover of a virus from…
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From Belém to the world: Could Brazil’s ‘mutirão’ reshape climate action at COP30?
If there’s one word Brazil wants the world to learn before the UNFCCC COP30 in Belém do Pará, taking place…
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Why tropical dry forests are collapsing: The forces driving a silent crisis
*This article is the second and final part of a two-part series on tropical dry forests. Part 1 explored what…
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Tropical dry forests: The vanishing biome sustaining life
*This is the first in a two-part series exploring the importance of tropical dry forests. In global conservation debates, tropical dry…
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