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Assessing REDD+ effectiveness outside forests: What role for monitoring systems?
At a glance : A recent study examined 98 readiness documents produced by 43 REDD+ countries to assess if proposed…
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Add adaptation to Congo Basin policies, scientists say — here’s how
BOGOR, Indonesia — A new study of forest and climate change policy in the Congo Basin finds adaptation to global…
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New maps reveal more complex picture of Sumatran fires
Extreme episodes of trans-boundary haze in Southeast Asia in 2013 and 2014 — and an anticipated El-Niño-induced drought during the…
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Online tool seeks to tailor climate plans for forest communities
Editor’s note: The CRiSTAL-Forest toolkit — complete with user’s manual, case studies and information for how to share experiences with…
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To define future of forests, first define ‘forests’
Tomorrow, most of the forests that our children and grandchildren will visit will be far from pristine. The extent to…
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Communities willing to mitigate climate change — with a little help, research shows
MONTPELLIER, France — Local communities are willing and able to take part in tree-based climate change mitigation activities — provided…
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Youth — the next frontier in forest management
BOGOR, Indonesia — Despite sustained interest in agriculture- and forest-based livelihoods among young people in tropical regions, their voice has…
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Report finds gaps in timber trade safeguards
BOGOR, Indonesia — Timber harvested illegally in Africa, Asia and Latin America continues to be sold on world markets, despite…
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Once there was a lake: Study highlights complexity of vulnerability to environmental change
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Life had always been precarious for the pastoralists, fishers and farmers near Lake Faguibine, west of…
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Report sheds light on a massive, neglected ecosystem
BOGOR, Indonesia — Few words are as evocative as “rainforest” — wild, mysterious, valuable beyond price and worthy of the…
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Report dispels perceptions about artisanal logging, milling in Congo Basin
Small-scale logging and milling in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are not uniformly fraudulent nor unsustainable, new research has…
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African farmland investments face governance challenges
(A version of this article appeared previously in The Broker.) The rush for African farmland has created new opportunities for…
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Despite stumbles, Colombia leading the way in ecological restoration
Looking back, ecosystem restoration projects in Colombia in recent years have been narrowly focused, poorly planned and inadequately reported overall,…
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Results of Cameroon land-fee study hold lessons for REDD+
An assessment of large-scale agriculture in Cameroon has shown that land benefit-sharing reforms could help develop a REDD+ (Reducing Emissions…
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Combined forest certification improves business for Brazil-nut growers: study
Certification of Brazil nuts, a regionally important non-timber forest product (NTFP), can have multiple benefits for the tropical forests of…
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