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The multi-million dollar question: Is forest certification working?
BOGOR, Indonesia (19 September, 2013) – Forest certification is considered a promising tool to improve forest management, but there needs…
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Charcoal, chickens and a conservation conundrum in Peru
BOGOR, Indonesia (9 September, 2013) – Research into commercial charcoal markets in Peru has confirmed suspicions about the unreliability of…
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Mitigation without adaptation can leave communities vulnerable — study
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 August, 2013) — Understanding the vulnerability of forest-dependent communities is a point of departure for building more…
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Why don’t women participate in forest governance and what difference will their participation make?
“Scholars…focusing on gender and governance have been concerned mainly with women’s near absence from governance institutions. The presumption is that…
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Tackling climate change may lessen Central African Republic conflict risks – scientists
BOGOR, Indonesia (22 August, 2013) – Strengthening the capacity of the Central African Republic to adapt to climate change could…
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India’s Jenu Kuruba forest honey industry sticks to tradition – study
BOGOR, Indonesia (20 August, 2013) – Observing how honey-gathering skills are passed from one generation to another, and how such…
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Amazon smallholders use fast-growing timber to supplement income
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (15 August, 2013) — Smallholder farmers in the Amazon sell timber from trees that have grown…
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Design benefit-sharing carefully, or risk undermining REDD+, researchers warn
BOGOR, Indonesia (9 August 2013) — Mechanisms for sharing the benefits from REDD+ must be well designed or they could…
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Amazon urban migration may not improve livelihoods, environment – report
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (7 August, 2013) – The migration of rural people to cities in the Brazilian Amazon often…
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Large trees play key role in tropical forest biomass storage – study
BOGOR, Indonesia (6 August, 2013) – A large-scale study has found that a handful of big trees store up to…
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Free trade pacts target illegal timber exports
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (30 July, 2013) – A free trade agreement signed by Peru and the United States shows…
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Payment for environmental services: a glass half full or half empty?
BOGOR, Indonesia (23 July, 2013) – Payments for environmental services (PES) can both save the environment and alleviate poverty: true,…
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Scientists seek out forest traditions in climate change fight
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (22 July, 2013) — How is a raised garden of cassava plants deep in the Brazilian…
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Biodiversity paradigm questioned after flaws found in logging impact research
BOGOR, Indonesia (19 July, 2013) — Studies about the impact of logging on biodiversity in tropical regions should be scrutinized,…
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Forging pro-poor collectives helps sustain Africa tropical dry forests
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 July, 2013) – Formal collective action can improve the livelihoods of rural smallholders and encourage sustainable production…
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