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Multiple-use forest saves turkey from being hunted to death
BOGOR, Indonesia (16 March, 2012)_For US$3,000, sport hunters can spend four days hunting the Ocellated Turkey in multiple-use community forest…
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Empowering rural women for U.N. International Women’s Day
BOGOR, Indonesia (8 March, 2012)_The United Nations have chosen the theme “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty” to…
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Invasive alien species could threaten Indonesia’s ecosystems
BOGOR, Indonesia (2 March, 2012)_Initial research into invasive alien tree species Cecropia peltata, a South and Central American native that…
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Bacteria may help oil palm decrease GHG emissions and improve carbon storage
BALI, Indonesia (1 March, 2012)_Bacteria introduced to palm oil seedlings could help reduce the harmful greenhouse gasses emitted by the…
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Indonesian communities coping with crisis depend on forests
BOGOR, Indonesia (29 February, 2012)_Six years ago, hundreds of homes and rice fields in a number of small villages in…
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All that glitters is not gold: Precious metal mining in Congo should stay small for the sake of the forest
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 February, 2012)_The harmful impacts of gold and diamond mining on the Congo Basin rainforest can be minimised…
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Cooperation between Lao farmers needed to meet market demands for food
BOGOR, Indonesia (22 February, 2012)_A recent report by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) urges farmers in Lao People’s…
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New study highlights need for REDD+ to look beyond carbon
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 February, 2012)_A new study on rubber plantations highlights the need for the REDD+ climate change scheme to…
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Traditional livelihoods decline in Borneo forests as communities rely on mining, logging jobs
BOGOR, Indonesia (17 February, 2012)_Forest communities in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province are turning to jobs in mining, agriculture, construction and…
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Push for forest conservation destroying Pakistani yak herding practices
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (9 February, 2012)_Local government efforts to promote forest conservation in a Pakistani village are blocking access to common…
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