Andrea Booth
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News
- 8 Feb 2013
Researchers warn of more wild fires as Peruvians migrate to the big city
Extensive clearing and fewer people have made the western Amazon more vulnerable to blazes.
Analysis
- 25 Jan 2013
Potential of bamboo to alleviate poverty in rural China remains untapped: Expert
Rural Chinese farmers enthusiastically embrace bamboo as a profitable cash crop.
News
- 22 Jan 2013
Losing carbon: New study questions sustainability of biofuel harvested on dry lands
Scientists try to find a balance between biofuel production and carbon emissions.
Analysis
- 8 Jan 2013
A 4°C warmer world “will be catastrophic” for forest biodiversity: expert
Climate change plus deforestation equates to a perfect storm of biodiversity loss and extinctions.
14 Dec 2012
Q&A: Land-use planning in northern Papua
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 December, 2012)_Researchers working in northern Papua are helping to incorporate local community perceptions into development activities,...
14 Dec 2012
Q&A: Land-use planning in northern Papua
13 Dec 2012
New research helps map better future for Papuan communities
BOGOR, Indonesia (13 December, 2012)_Researchers working with forest communities in northern Papua have developed a series of maps pinpointing the location...
30 Nov 2012
Degradation: The forgotten D in REDD+
DOHA, Qatar (30 November, 2012)_Though degraded forest cover is increasing in many regions, difficulties in defining these areas of land and accurately...
30 Nov 2012
Degradation: The forgotten D in REDD+
28 Nov 2012
Why negotiators at Doha should care about the world’s forgotten mangroves
DOHA, Qatar (28 November, 2012)_New estimates have shown that when coastal ecosystems suffer degradation or are converted for aquaculture, upstream dams,...
