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Backwards from gender equality: Oil palm’s impact on Dayak women
Pe Ligit* has witnessed massive changes in her lifetime, as waves of migration, logging and oil palm development have transformed…
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On land and in space, understanding the impacts of fires
To measure greenhouse gas emissions from the fires in maritime Southeast Asia in 2015, a variety of methods and expertise…
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Amazon land tenure study wins top award
Two scientists from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Peter Cronkleton and Anne Larson, have received the top award…
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Mapping Ebola
The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,000 lives since March 2014. Yet we still…
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Reserves need tweaks to withstand Amazon fire threat
Nearly one million square kilometers of land in Brazil are currently designated as ‘Sustainable Use Reserves’ (SURs). However, a new…
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Quantifying the drivers of South American deforestation
Can you imagine examining samples from every patch of forest cleared over a period of 15 years across an entire…
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All bark and no bite
We’ve seen it happen before with the trade of crocodiles, snakeskins and orchids — and now, scientists are calling for…
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Land tenure and livelihoods: What’s the connection?
A Harakmbut indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon has no say over the 17 gold-mining concessions overlapping its territory, despite…
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Who is really bearing the cost of REDD+? The answer may surprise you
Local and state government institutions in the jurisdictions where REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) is being implemented…
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Firewood collection taking a toll on Uganda’s forests
Protecting tropical forests in Africa often means directing conservation and law enforcement efforts towards fighting illegal logging, hunting and poaching.…
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The challenges of conserving tropical forests
Too often, the debate about forests in policy circles is reduced to two options: deforestation or total protection, according to…
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Switching swidden to agroforestry – a small intervention with big potential in West Java
Farming trees and crops together could be a win-win solution for rural farmers in West Java, a study has found…
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The importance of integration
Today, the fight to protect our planet’s resources- particularly our forests- continues with increasing urgency amid climate change threats and…
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The sugar or the trees
While global attention is fixed on palm oil and logging as major drivers of deforestation in Indonesia, researchers have issued…
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Local projects shape national REDD+ strategies
At the international level, global leaders are continuing to discuss how to develop and implement national REDD+ strategies. At the…
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