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Researchers urge multi-level action to tackle climate-to-local pressures on forests
Understanding how tropical forests and coral reefs respond to climate extremes — and how they interact with other stressors —…
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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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Management of intact forestlands by Indigenous Peoples key to protecting climate
Indigenous Peoples have had a track record of managing landscapes sustainably for millennia. However, incursions into their territories, often by…
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Human deforestation activities link bats to Ebola outbreaks
Deforestation may accelerate the spread of the deadly Ebola disease in the rainforests of West and Central Africa by increasing…
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Peatland potential untapped in Nationally Determined Contributions, COP 25 delegates say
Fewer than a dozen countries have so far included peatlands in their Nationally Determined Contributions, although the carbon-rich ecosystems exist…
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CIFOR at COP 25: A simple idea, REDD+ meets a complex reality
See events CIFOR and ICRAF are hosting at COP 25 here. A key idea of REDD+ was to pay those…
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Tree initiative in Uganda refugee camps boosts nutrition and incomes
This is an excerpt of a blog originally published on Foodtank. Refugee camps provide crucial safe zones for displaced people…
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Knowledge gaps must be filled to meet global biodiversity targets
Gaps in knowledge about how people interact with the environment reflected in international sustainability goals slows progress toward achieving them,…
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Towards zero-deforestation commodities in Ghana’s Atiwa forest
Located just a couple of hours drive from Ghana’s bustling capital city Accra, the Atewa forest range is a unique…
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The Economist Intelligence Unit: ICRAF’s Tony Simons on agricultural transformation
Several key reports released in 2018 and 2019—including the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by the Intergovernmental…
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Sustainable wildlife management key as Guyana faces rapid economic change
If you drive along a rural road in Guyana’s southern Rupununi region at night, your headlights are likely to pick…
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Life lessons: Teaching conservation and celebrating culture in Guyana
Late one sunny afternoon in September, in teacher Kim Spencer’s ninth-grade class, groups of students raced each other to guess…
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Satellites reveal scale of recent blazes but still less damaging than 2015 fires
The recent publication of a blog analyzing the extent of burned area in Indonesia during the most recent fire season…
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Pooling knowledge in tropical landscapes key to resilience
The active involvement of everyone living and working in a tropical landscape – from local communities and governments to the…
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