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Cashew offers untapped potential for African livelihoods and landscapes, scientists say
African countries should implement urgent measures to boost their share of the global cashew market, to raise farmers’ incomes and…
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Blockchain platform offers reforestation efforts access to carbon finance
In the latest assessment by the U.N. climate science panel, experts emphasized the potential benefits of natural solutions to combat…
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Recognize full value of forests and land use in fight for climate
Without urgent action to curb global warming, limiting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels will be impossible,…
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DRC women’s association takes charge of the future, supporting others to do the same
Akili ni mali – the Swahili translation for knowledge is wealth, is the name adopted by a local women’s association…
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Beyond the Green Revolution: Clearing a new path for Indian agriculture
“Indian agriculture is in crisis,” said Ravi Prabhu, the Center for International Forestry Research–World Agroforestry Center (CIFOR-ICRAF)’s director of innovation,…
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Rethink policy approach to dynamic bushmeat trade to conserve wildlife
A lack of clarity regarding the influences driving commodification of the wild meat sector in Africa point to the need…
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Researchers fill gaps in knowledge about growing biomass for energy
In anticipation of a projected scarcity of energy owing to reduction of sources of fossil-based energy, the government of Indonesia…
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IPCC report details catastrophe for planet as threats from climate change mount
Many natural landscapes are at the point of no return, and without action on climate change the planet will become…
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Boost governance in Peru’s secondary forests to enhance landscape restoration
Assessing the value of secondary forests in Peru is vital for designing policies that recognize the benefits they contribute to…
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New research details complexity of growing risks to endangered pangolins
A dietary delicacy in some countries in Africa and Asia, the pangolin is also prized for its scales, which are…
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