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Should we burn trees for energy?
As the European Union Parliament debates changes to a directive on renewable energy, more than 650 scientists have signed a…
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Why indigenous rights matter for REDD+
Indigenous rights have recently taken on a more prominent role in international discussions on forests and their role in combating…
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Making tracks: How movement shapes landscapes
When populations move, there’s a tendency to assume the worst – war, poverty or environmental degradation may be the first…
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Community forestry pays off for Nepal
Around the Chitwan National Park in Southern Nepal, forests are supporting the emergence of a host of sustainable local businesses.…
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What do forests have to do with food?
What can you cook from parkia seeds and baobab leaves? How about temple plant leaves and shea butter? New research…
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Fire and haze: Better business practices
The damaging practice of clearing land by burning has spread across Indonesia since at least the 1990s, employed by large…
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Fire and haze: Community action
Residents of Pekanbaru in Riau, Indonesia, have not forgotten the devastating fires and haze that darkened their skies for months…
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A window on wild meat in Colombia
In Colombia, indigenous peoples have hunted wild meat, or bushmeat, for thousands of years. In many rural areas, bushmeat continues…
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Fire and haze: Laws and regulations
Local laws and regulations banning the clearing and burning of peatlands have sprung up across Indonesia since President Joko Widodo…
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For secure land rights, indigenous forest communities need more than just titles
Under Peruvian law, a title gives traditional forest communities rights over land, but resources on that land, such as forests,…
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Dayak activist Emmanuela Shinta: ‘We want to be heroes, not victims.’
Stark and competing demands characterize peatlands use management today. While peatlands are important carbon sinks and stocks, millions of farmers…
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The power of science communication
For some residents of South Sumatra, Indonesia, peat is a constant preoccupation. “Life keeps getting harder,” says 53-year-old Maemunah. She…
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Dennis del Castillo of Peruvian Amazon Research Institute: ‘Peatlands are seen as wastelands’
From Peru to the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo to Indonesia, peatlands restoration and management efforts…
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Ann Jeannette Glauber of World Bank: ‘Indonesia’s 2015 fires cost twice as much as tsunami clean-up’
How can sustainable landscape management attract more finance towards sustainable rehabilitation, peatland restoration and conservation? How can we best mobilize…
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Lera Miles of UN Environment: ‘There’s much more peatland there than anyone had ever anticipated’
Will the recent discovery of peat in the Congo Basin be a boon or a liability for global climate change…
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