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Decaying Belgian Congo–era maps reveal secrets of valuable African tree
In the dusty library of a research station on the Congo River, a decaying map holds secrets to saving an…
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Figuring out the water cycle… still
There are a few different levels of understanding about the water cycle. There are the diagrams hung in elementary schools,…
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Progress on the process of managing landscapes
It’s 2018, and the pressure to manage the world’s resources responsibly for people, biodiversity and the climate has perhaps never…
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Are deforestation-free commodities too good to be true?
Oil palm, cattle, timber and soy have all received global attention in recent years for their outsized ‘forest footprints’ –…
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In ecotourism, trotting the globe to help protect it
On the edge of Sumatra’s Leuser National Park, Tanganan village offers days spent hiking to see wild tigers, rhinos, elephants…
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Ebola returns in area scientists predicted ‘highly favorable’ for outbreak
Ebola, the deadly hemorrhagic virus that can kill up to 90 percent of those it infects, has made a recent…
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In Indonesia, social forestry gets socialized
One challenge with social forestry is that its inner-workings aren’t always understood – often among communities involved in it most.…
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Justice glitches and technical fixes in conservation projects
In the last decade, ambitious initiatives have been launched to address climate change and development – the Paris Agreement and…
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Participatory monitoring key to restoration success
150 million hectares of degraded land – an area the size of Alaska. That’s what governments around the world have…
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How’s the water? Crowdsource to find out
Montane forests in East Africa play a crucial role as water towers, holding freshwater long enough for it to recharge…
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Fishing with a new research method nets bountiful insights
Why might fish stocks be more depleted inside a marine protected area (MPA) than outside of it? This and other…
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In REDD+ villages, women say their wellbeing has declined
Climate change interventions in forest communities are still not getting it right when it comes to gender, a study has…
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Why social forestry: Securing the sap
Dedy Aprianto packs his gear and begins walking from his home in Pahmungan village in Indonesia’s Lampung Province. A few…
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Why social forestry: Keeping the coffee
In a lush valley in Lampung Province in the southern tip of Sumatra sits the village of Tri Budi Syukur,…
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Counting down: Scientists warn of ‘alarming’ loss of Borneo orangutans
Once, there were hundreds of thousands of orangutans roaming the island of Borneo. Over the decades – as chainsaws and…
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