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Tim Christophersen of UN Environment: ‘Peatlands are one of the least-understood ecosystems.’
With 425 people in attendance in Jakarta — as well as over one thousand views of the event livestream and…
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People and peat
Deep in the forests of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, the murmur of a paddle sliding through water joins the mesh of…
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Rewetting Indonesia’s peatlands
Experts from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) have been working with the local community in Dompas village, Riau…
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Forests and energy: What’s the connection?
What connects forests and energy? Forests News Editor Leona Liu put the question to Peter Holmgren, Director General of the…
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Gender and oil palm
Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of crude palm oil, churning out an estimated 33 million tons in 2016. Needless…
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Legalizing Cameroon’s timber production chain
A recent study presents the most comprehensive scientific analysis of illegal logging to date. Its findings indicate that one third…
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Highlights from the Global Landscapes Forum: Climate Action for Sustainable Development
The sixth Global Landscapes Forum in Marrakesh, Morocco, brought together stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to work together on planning climate…
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It takes a village to re-raise a forest
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is the ongoing process of regaining ecological functionality and enhancing human well-being across deforested or degraded…
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Regreening Ethiopia
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) is the ongoing process of regaining ecological functionality and enhancing human well-being across deforested or degraded…
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View from the Pacific: ‘Climate change is real’
Pacific island leaders expressed their concerns about climate change in the region at the 2016 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, held from…
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Hunting for sustainability
By supporting traditional knowledge related to wildlife and making decisions stemming from their very contemporary context, hunters in the Columbian…
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Waiting to exhale: The politics of fire in Indonesia
Why are there more land fires in Indonesia before an election? Why are oil palm plantations burned also? Why does…
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A new course for the Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to 10 percent of the world’s tropical forests. Vast and varied, these…
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Beyond the blaze: What next for Indonesia’s forests?
More than 100,000 fires ravaged the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan throughout September and October 2015, producing a noxious…
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Indonesia on fire
In Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province, the peat areas are burning and emitting a toxic smoke causing untold damage to the…
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