ABOUT THE WRITER
Karin has a Bachelor of Arts in Professional and Creative Communication from the University of South Australia, and has spent more than two years working for the Australian Government in communications. Her working experience has focused around the sustainable management of Australia’s natural resources. She has also worked as an editor with the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, which has the task of managing Australia’s largest river system.
BY THIS WRITER
News
- 8 Mar 2012
Empowering rural women for U.N. International Women’s Day
Global community must move beyond ‘add women and stir’ approach.
1 Dec 2011
International community needs to make space for developing countries to take ownership of REDD+
DURBAN, South Africa (1 December, 2011)_To enable REDD+ policy progress, the international community has to give space to developing countries to be their...
25 Nov 2011
Adaptation activity funding left hanging since Cancun – progress needed at Durban
Experts warn the Green Climate Fund is falling short of proposed USD$100 billion annual budget.
Interview
- 22 Nov 2011
How to connect REDD+ and markets while avoiding crises over access to land
"REDD is at a real crossroads. The expectations going into Copenhagen were not met."
21 Nov 2011
Fears about community rights under REDD+ are justified despite tenure reforms
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 November, 2011)_The fears of forest-based communities about their rights under REDD+ schemes are justified, concluded a comparative...
26 Oct 2011
Orangutan survival rests on conservation education: an interview with Dr. Biruté Galdikas
BOGOR, Indonesia (26 October, 2011)_With orangutan numbers in Indonesia having plunged 80 percent in 40 years, the only way to reverse this trend is to...
24 Oct 2011
Indonesia’s orangutans may be extinct within years, says expert
BOGOR, Indonesia (24 October, 2011)_As swathes of Indonesia’s forests are converted into timber and oil palm plantations, orangutans are being split...
14 Oct 2011
Giving a voice to the invisible women in forest product value chains
BOGOR, Indonesia (14 October, 2011)_Finding the hidden links in non-timber forest product value chains could help government and non-government agencies...