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EU plan to curb illegal logging: Think big by thinking small?
BOGOR, Indonesia—Faced with growing pressure to root out “illegal timber” from international trade, some tropical timber-producing countries have a choice.…
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REDD ink: Forest efforts in Peru all but absent from news media
BOGOR, Indonesia—Peru has received international recognition for pushing ahead with programs to tackle climate change and deforestation, but those efforts…
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REDD+ to the rescue of Central Africa’s forests? Not yet, study says
NAIROBI, Kenya—Enforcing sustainable logging and assigning a monetary value to the carbon stored in forest concessions managed under the REDD+…
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Take a new look at markets to boost climate change adaptation, research suggests
BOGOR, Indonesia—For generations, Malian farmers have traveled north and south with their cattle and sheep, following grass and water, and…
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As climate change and poor habits parch Central Asia, can policy changes help?
BOGOR, Indonesia — An approach that looks at both environmental and human elements to combat landscape degradation could help make…
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External stressors pose overlooked threats to environmental payment schemes
BOGOR, Indonesia—A fire rages, not only clearing large swathes of forest, but also threatening a protected area nearby. Managers are…
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In DR Congo, simple rules could reduce the large impact of small-scale loggers
BOGOR, Indonesia—Think of the timber industry in tropical forests, and the image of heavy machinery reaping large swaths of trees…
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For sharing REDD+ benefits in Peru, consensus more important than cash
LIMA, Peru—For REDD+ benefit-sharing arrangements to function well, their design must be consultative and seen as legitimate by communities on…
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Cheap drones could revolutionize forest monitoring, but turbulence ahead
LIMA, Peru—Sending small unmanned drones to fly over tropical forests has great potential for enhancing community-based forest monitoring—and in measuring…
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Certification incentives for reducing illegal logging in Brazil may miss their mark
BOGOR, Indonesia—In Brazil’s Amazon forest, incentives such as certification of timber products are less effective than fines and other sanctions…
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For indigenous voices in land use, a seat at the table isn’t necessarily enough
BOGOR, Indonesia—Formalizing indigenous people’s participation in protected area management is not enough to ensure they can actually defend their interests…
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Peatland loss could emit 2,800 years’ worth of carbon in an evolutionary eyeblink: study
BOGOR, Indonesia—Scientists monitoring the amount of carbon accumulated in Indonesia’s peatland forests over thousands of years have predicted that millions…
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In ‘charcoal landscape,’ data on deforestation, emissions hidden in the ashes
BOGOR, Indonesia—In terms of its value to daily lives and livelihoods across Africa, charcoal is black gold. But as crucial…
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In the tropics, an alien invasion remains largely below the radar
BOGOR, Indonesia — Little green invaders are poised to cause mayhem in the tropics, new research indicates. Outside the tropics,…
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Calculating economic value of forests often overlooks biodiversity, study finds
BOGOR, Indonesia—If you are a land-use planner in a tropical country, how do you decide whether an area should be…
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