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Challenges and opportunities for the restoration of Andean forests
The tropical forests of the Andes are key global ecosystems that make an extraordinary contribution to the world’s biodiversity and…
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Evaluating REDD+ social safeguards with mobile phones, gas stoves and benefits
The UN REDD program was launched in 2008 to “reduce forest emissions and enhance carbon stocks in forests while contributing…
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Brazil nuts: Savior seeds of the Amazon basin?
Want to invest directly in the preservation of the Amazon? Buying Brazil nuts might well be your simplest strategy, says…
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Changing landscapes: From forests to food
The growing demand for food — demand that is expected to double by 2050 — has led to widespread agricultural…
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Forests, farming and food
Amina*, a young mother of four, lives in a rural village in the Oromia region of Southern Ethiopia. At 2,000…
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Why social safeguards matter for managing trade-offs under REDD+
Local people can benefit from climate change mitigation schemes to keep tropical forests standing and enhance forest cover — if…
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Measuring the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives
Forests play a central role in climate change mitigation, as recognized by the Paris Agreement. Over the last decade, hundreds…
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On the edge of forests, change comes in many forms
Change is a fact of life. But for those living in landscapes of forests and farms, nowadays, that change can…
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Finding a way in for better landscape governance
Landscape approaches provide a framework to find solutions to social, environmental and economic challenges. In the past, sectoral approaches were…
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Landscape approaches have potential but can do better in reporting, practice
In recent decades, growing numbers of policymakers have begun to embrace more holistic strategies to address the intertwined challenges of…
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Pangolins under pressure
Pangolins are peculiar creatures. Their tongue can be longer than their body, they look like a pinecone with legs, and…
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Forests as food
It’s a bit ironic that while wild foraged ingredients are increasingly popping up on Michelin-starred menus around the world, the…
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Progress and preservation – a dichotomous struggle
First came the timber companies and then the rubber and oil palm plantations. During the last three decades, forests on…
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Is REDD+ playing fair?
What if more forests could be saved – and carbon emissions thus lowered- if conservation projects strictly followed one basic…
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The cost of missed opportunities
It is clear that REDD+ has changed from what was first envisaged. First formulated in 2005 as part of the…
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