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Restoring the world’s forests: What does it mean for women’s rights?
Around the world, millions of hectares of land are being reforested as part of global efforts to combat climate change,…
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In a Central Java town, local wood enterprises carve a niche in the global market
Sitting in Mbak Njum’s tiny office in the coastal Central Java town of Jepara, talk was of exports, trends in…
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How safe are our wildlife sanctuaries?
In celebration of World Wildlife Day on 3 March 2018, as the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on…
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Oil palm landscapes: Playing for keeps
This article is the first in a four-part series on a global study on Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes. A group…
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When rights to land doesn’t mean rights to resources
As indigenous communities around the world gain recognition of rights to their ancestral lands, their rights to resources on those…
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Taking a landscape approach to the world’s biggest challenges
In 2018, action around the world is in full swing to meet global goals on climate change, sustainable development and…
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Rainfall recycling: Trees as rainmakers
A commonly held view is that water is transpired from trees and lost from the landscape. But research now shows…
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Hindering instead of helping in Uganda
For better or worse, politics play a big role in Uganda’s forest tenure reform efforts. The topic was explored during…
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Transparent data needed to reach global goals on climate
With no shortage of interested stakeholders when it comes to climate change, there is a need for transparent land-use monitoring…
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The forest farmers
This article is the third in a three-part series reporting from the village of Honitetu in Maluku, Indonesia. On the…
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