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The IPCC report: What does it mean for the world’s forests?
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its fifth climate assessment report last week, confirming speculation that human…
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Edible vine improves women’s livelihoods in Cameroon
Until a few decades ago, the climbing vine Gnetum spp. – called Okok or Eru in different parts of Cameroon…
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Drawing, role-playing and 3D maps improve land use planning
BOGOR, Indonesia (4 September)_Jean-Christophe Castella often asks Laotian villagers to play the role of developers, conservationists, investors or farmers as…
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Interactive web app lets users map forest carbon emissions activities
BOGOR, Indonesia (1 August, 2013) – A new online portal for monitoring, reporting and verifying (MRV) carbon emissions allows researchers…
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Indonesia burning: CIFOR expert on haze crisis
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 June, 2013)_While Indonesia has taken important steps to ban the use of large-scale fire to clear land,…
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Snakes, thieves and falling nuts: Challenges of Brazil nut harvesting in Peru
LIMA, Peru (4 June, 2013)_Every wet season in the Western Amazon, Peru’s castañeros (brazil nut concession holders and harvesters) gather…
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Q&A: Who owns the rights to the world’s common resources?
KITAFUJI, Japan (3 June, 2013)_The rights and access of indigenous peoples and communities to forest resources are under increasing threat…
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Can biodiversity and logging coexist in the Congo?
Scientists are working with national authorities and local populations in the Congo Basin to develop multiple-use forest management systems, which…
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Powerful film, posters spark lasting dialogue over future of local forests
BOGOR, Indonesia (24 April, 2013) – A study that aimed to protect the interests of forest dwellers by measuring the…
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‘Dirty Science’: Excavating the truth about mangroves and carbon
Chest-deep in brackish, tea-coloured water, a team of scientists wades into a towering mangrove forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It’s…
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