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Going Global? Wood product certification requires broad legal arena
Furniture and wood carving produced in the Indonesian city of Jepara and its surrounding area on the north coast of…
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Structuring climate finance to benefit women and alleviate poverty
Tackling climate change requires large-scale financial investments into adaptation and mitigation activities. Known as “climate finance” under the U.N. Framework…
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Harness ‘power of landscapes’ to fix health and environmental challenges, report says
Governments must act on the vast benefits of conservation and support the rights of people living in biodiverse landscapes to…
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How one Brazilian state is tackling deforestation within its borders
Deforestation in Brazil has been soaring the last few years, particularly in the Amazonian state of Pará. According to Brazil’s…
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Landscape restoration initiatives in India benefit rural communities, report says
Landscape restoration in India will improve the lives of women, unemployed youth, landless people and small and marginal landholders, according…
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Indonesia creates expert wetlands team to revitalize development goal efforts
A Strategic Coordination Team for Wetlands Management created by Indonesia’s Ministry of National Planning or National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas)…
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Rural livelihoods at risk in Congo Basin due to erratic rainfall and water flow
Over the past 20 years, people living in the forests of Congo Basin have noticed some significant changes in their…
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Customary rights key to land reform in Democratic Republic of Congo, expert says
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a vast country about two thirds the size of Europe. More than half of…
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Building skills to help monitor cross-border timber trade in Africa’s Great Lakes region
In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) timber is typically logged mostly in the forested interior of the country and then…
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Soil health critical for maintaining human health, biological diversity, researchers say
Healthy soil sustains life on Earth, channeling nutrients through plants, supporting essential water and land-based systems, absorbing carbon dioxide to…
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Global mega-trends impact forest communities, scientists find
Forests and the livelihoods they provide through ecosystem services are increasingly impacted by infrastructure development and other global trends that…
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Indonesia sees a sustainable future for Sintang and other local districts
In Sintang, a district deep in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, 59 percent of land use is allocated to…
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Reforestation and restoration targets missed as roads and mining expand
The 2020 target of halving deforestation will be missed and meeting the 2030 target of ending deforestation will require an…
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The call of rewilding: Digital forum highlights biodiversity engine
After a 130-year absence, green-winged macaws have now returned to northeastern Argentina. Also joining them in Iberá National Park are…
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Let learning lead the way to strategic forest and landscape restoration
Combining the myriad theories and strategies on forest and landscape restoration into a successful recipe for implementation requires not only…
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