Interview
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Q+A: Transforming payments for forest environmental services in Vietnam
Signaling its commitment to forest conservation and management, in 2008 Vietnam became the first country in Asia to introduce a…
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UNEP virtual journey highlights urgent need for peatland conservation
Dianna Kopansky is the coordinator of the Global Peatlands Initiative in the Biodiversity and Land Management Branch at the U.N.…
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Q+A: Building just societies and resilient landscapes alongside rural women
Rural women play an essential role in using and managing natural resources in forest and tree-based landscapes across the world
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Q+A: CIFOR-ICRAF scientists to speak at tree planting forum
Tree planting is often discussed as a panacea for environmental ailments such as climate change and biodiversity loss. However, this…
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Canopy Conversations: Team Lioness engages women in wildlife conservation
In Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem, eight Maasai women risk their lives to protect their ancestral lands from poachers. Together, these young…
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Dispelling the top seven tree planting misconceptions
“Plant more trees!” has become a rallying cry for global leaders and climate activists around the world who see tree…
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Q+A: How an “engagement landscape” in DRC’s Yangambi can make a difference
In 2005, there were only six forestry specialists with a postgraduate degree in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Fast-forward…
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‘Nutri-scapes’ a recipe for better nutrition
Global food systems focus on an ever-narrower range of calorie-rich but nutritionally limited crops, degrade ecosystems and endanger human health.…
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Q+A: Worldwide, wildland fires must be managed as an ongoing risk
Persistent challenge requires long-term investment in infrastructure, says Michael Allen Brady
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Q+A: Restore landscapes to cure planet, says author of ‘The Reindeer Chronicles’
On the cusp of the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), the time is ripe to pause and ruminate, to…
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Q+A: Rollback of environmental protections continues during COVID-19 pandemic, expert says
As the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown limits civic participation, some officials are dismantling ecosystem protections, an environmental governance expert has said.…
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Q+A: The year deforestation was supposed to be chopped in half
As communities around the world hail glimpses of resurgent urban wildlife and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions related to…
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Q+A: Research findings offer framework for effective carbon management
In current conditions, the world’s total carbon budget will be spent in roughly eight years, increasing emissions-related global warming, and…
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Access to education key to boosting number of women in science, scientist says
For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the United Nations is highlighting data that show fewer than…
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Q+A: Natural climate solutions could reverse emissions in 30 tropical countries, scientists say
Although natural climate solutions offer one of the best climate mitigation opportunities, they are as yet under-represented in national climate…
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