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Understanding the ways we use wildlife
Evidence of Pygmy culture in sub-Saharan Africa dates back more than 20,000 years. With forests playing an integral role in…
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A better way to sell Eucalypts
Eucalyptus timber and poles are in high demand in Uganda, yet Faiby Namukwaya, a 48-year-old mother of ten, can’t seem…
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A once forbidden tree
Trees have strong cultural meanings worldwide. Among the Baganda people of central Uganda, the Ficus natalensis tree signifies chiefdom. In…
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Gender relations in community forestry
Can field-based practitioners use Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) as an effective way to enhance women’s participation in natural resource management?…
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Obstacles to forest tenure reform deeply rooted in the past
Ask people what ‘community forestry’ is, and you are likely to get different answers in different countries, or even in…
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Wild honey harvest
Every year, the traditional custodians of the Mount Mutis Nature Reserve in West Timor, Indonesia, travel back to their ancestral…
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Delving into drivers of deforestation
Debates over forest loss in Borneo generally focus on the extent to which industrial plantations are to blame: those on…
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Using remote sensing to empower local communities in forestry management
The forests of Ethiopia are famous for producing the world’s best coffee. But something else is about to emerge from…
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Q & A: Lessons from Ethiopia for forest landscape restoration
This interview is Part III of a three-part series on forest landscape restoration to coincide with the IUCN World Conservation…
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Q&A: Lessons from Latin America for forest landscape restoration
This interview is Part II of a three-part series on forest landscape restoration to coincide with the IUCN World Conservation…
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Q&A: Lessons from China for forest landscape restoration
This interview is Part 1 of a three-part series on forest landscape restoration to coincide with the IUCN World Conservation…
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REDD+ region
Asia-Pacific nations are some of the world’s most vulnerable to the effects of global climate change. Rising sea levels, extreme…
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Eat your vegetation
Children need a healthy diet to grow strong bodies and minds, and to protect against deadly infections. In Indonesia, getting…
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Agouti on the wedding menu
Getting married can be an anxious affair. One may worry about different sets of friends or family getting along, or…
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When small meets big in the value chain
For centuries, life for smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia was relatively simple. They grew crops, kept the necessary amount…
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