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Seeing from all sides: Why we need more women in science
Nining Liswanti is a researcher with CIFOR-ICRAF Indonesia. She has an undergraduate degree in forestry from the University of Gajah…
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Honouring the waymakers for women in science: Meet Eponle Usoh Sylvie
Eponle Usoh Sylvie is a PhD research fellow at CIFOR-ICRAF in Cameroon. She has a bachelor’s degree in law and…
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Energy transfer: How one woman scientist aims to spark enthusiasm in the next generation
While women have made immense advances in scientific fields in recent years, the numbers still don’t tell an equitable story.…
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Q+A: Paolo Cerutti on Congo Basin in State of the World’s Forests report
In 2021, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lost almost 500,000 hectares of old-growth forest – mostly due to small-scale farming…
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Q+A: Amazon expert Manuel Guariguata reacts to State of the World’s Forests report
The latest edition of the biennial ‘State of the World’s Forests’ (SOFO) report launched by U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization…
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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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Weaving two worlds together to craft a career in science
When Houria Djoudi, a senior scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry, speaks about any of…
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Gender equality key for sustainable landscapes and fair food systems
Support for gender equity should be central to policies supporting sustainable management of forest landscapes and agroforestry systems to help…
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Q+A: Turbulence in the field: Winds of change buffet agroforestry in Vietnam
When Elisabeth Simelton was small, she was shocked by images on TV of children experiencing the famine that led to…
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Keep fossil fuels in focus while talking forests and trees at COP26, says forestry expert
Putting land use issues — including deforestation, reforestation and restoration — front and center at the U.N. COP26 climate summit…
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Q+A: Scientists shape sustainable wetland activities in vast Congo Basin
About five years ago, scientists discovered that a large tract of peatlands in the Congo Basin was much bigger than…
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Q+A: Raising the value of a mangrove forest in Colombia
Earlier this month, a mangrove forest in Cispatá on the northern edge of Colombia’s Caribbean coast became part of a…
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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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Q+A: Community forests in China’s Sichuan province play a role in panda conservation
In the misty mountains of Pingwu County in China’s province of Sichuan, community forests could offer promising solutions to the…
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How one think tank is helping step up green finance initiatives in China
The global environmental challenges the world faces require multilateral solutions that involve public and private stakeholders. Increasingly, there is a…
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